Re: Use of if and test in .qmail files

Bruce Guenter <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:45:45 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.ezmlm
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 01:39:41PM -0400, Paul Jarc wrote:
> test -f is older.  Solaris sh's builtin test doesn't have -e.

So noted, thanks.

> Bruce Guenter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 	| test -e DIR/threaded && ezmlm-archive DIR
> >
> > will cause all deliveries to fail if DIR/threaded does not exist, even
> > though the above is the most obvious conditional expression.  As such,
> > the test must be negated.
> 
> This would work:
> | test -e DIR/threaded && exec ezmlm-archive DIR; exit 0

Only if you don't care about the exit code from ezmlm-archive.  There
are some cases where the exit code is required, for example when
choosing between ezmlm-store and ezmlm-gate.

> But "if" is more readable anyway.

Much, yes.  If it is considered adequately portable, I'll just use that.
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