From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Martin Gebert <Murphy.Gebert-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: test(1): Obsolescent logical operators
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:51:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D96897.5060508@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56D964D6.8070002-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>
Hi Martin,
On 03/04/2016 11:35 AM, Martin Gebert wrote:
> Hi Michael!
>
> As I just learned from this discussion
>
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/267335/how-can-i-check-that-two-input-values-are-correct-in-a-bash-script
>
> the -a and -o operators of test(1) are marked obsolescent:
>
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html#tag_20_128_16
>
> Yet the Linux man pages don't contain a hint to that.
That page belongs to another project. See
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/test.1.html#COLOPHON
Cheers,
Michael
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