[patch] rc.d/tmp (silly mkdir usage)

Dario Freni saturnero at freesbie.org
Tue Aug 2 10:53:47 GMT 2005


Vasil Dimov wrote:
> Even we can use
> if [ -d /tmp -a -w /tmp ] ; then
> or (which is equivalent)
> if [ -d /tmp ] && [ -w /tmp ] ; then
> and save external commands (mkdir) execution and directory
> creation/deletion at all.

You can't use test -w here. The script is checking if there is a
read-only filesystem. -w checks only the file flags (according to the
man page, at least).

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Dario Freni (saturnero at freesbie.org)
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