Re: test.1 -> "if file exists" -> "if pathname resolves to an existing directory entry"
Robert Elz <[email protected]>
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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:46:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mouse <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
| Yes, but it requires that you're running as a user which can write to
| the target filesystem, and, if the target doesn't exist, it will create
| it.
All true.
| For some purposes, stat -L might help, though in a small test I
| just did that printed data for the link when applied to an existing
| link whose target is nonexistent.
Which would not be a problem for the OP, whose intent seemed to be
to be able to test for a name existing, regardless of what type it is.
stat -qL -f '' file
looks like it would do admirably for that purpose.
kre