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authorDenys Vlasenko2017-07-31 19:20:43 +0200
committerDenys Vlasenko2017-07-31 19:21:51 +0200
commit78b1b1b07ac2784f67bc65bb1d86cc2559a12446 (patch)
treed2cd92f90441ad5799381cec6a27f6ac88100cdc
parentcee603d921594fc779bc26a200dfb010cd62ab92 (diff)
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test: fix 4-argument case
Upstream dash commit: Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:20:10 +0800 Fixed 3,4-argument cases for test per POSIX ----- Forwarded message from Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> ----- Subject: Bug#455828: dash: 4-argument test "test \( ! -e \)" yields an error Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:53:29 +0000 From: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> To: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org>, 455828@bugs.debian.org On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 06:23:20PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-12-27 16:00:06 +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 02:18:47AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > According to POSIX[*], "test \( ! -e \)" is a 4-argument test and is > > > here equivalent to "test ! -e". But dash (like ksh93 and bash) yields > > > an error: > > > > > > $ test \( ! -e \) || echo $? > > > test: 1: closing paren expected > > > 2 > > > $ test ! -e || echo $? > > > 1 > > > > Hi Vincent, > > > > the -e switch to test takes an argument, a pathname. > > According to POSIX, in both above examples, "-e" is *not* a switch, > just a string. > > test \( ! -e \) > > means: return true if the string "-e" is empty, otherwhise return false. > The error in dash is that it incorrectly thinks that "-e" is a switch in > this context. I see, you're right. Thanks, Gerrit. ----- End forwarded message ----- This patch hard-codes the 3,4-argument cases in the way required by POSIX. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> function old new delta test_main 370 421 +51 Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
-rw-r--r--coreutils/test.c48
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/test.c b/coreutils/test.c
index d8ac42e..a828652 100644
--- a/coreutils/test.c
+++ b/coreutils/test.c
@@ -879,18 +879,48 @@ int test_main(int argc, char **argv)
res = (argv[0][0] == '\0');
goto ret_special;
}
- if (argv[2] && !argv[3]) {
- check_operator(argv[1]);
- if (last_operator->op_type == BINOP) {
- /* "test [!] arg1 <binary_op> arg2" */
- args = argv;
- res = (binop() == 0);
+ if (argv[2]) {
+ if (!argv[3]) {
+ /*
+ * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html
+ * """ 3 arguments:
+ * If $2 is a binary primary, perform the binary test of $1 and $3.
+ * """
+ */
+ check_operator(argv[1]);
+ if (last_operator->op_type == BINOP) {
+ /* "test [!] arg1 <binary_op> arg2" */
+ args = argv;
+ res = (binop() == 0);
ret_special:
- /* If there was leading "!" op... */
- res ^= negate;
- goto ret;
+ /* If there was leading "!" op... */
+ res ^= negate;
+ goto ret;
+ }
+ /* """If $1 is '(' and $3 is ')', perform the unary test of $2."""
+ * Looks like this works without additional coding.
+ */
+ goto check_negate;
+ }
+ /* argv[3] exists (at least 4 args), is it exactly 4 args? */
+ if (!argv[4]) {
+ /*
+ * """ 4 arguments:
+ * If $1 is '!', negate the three-argument test of $2, $3, and $4.
+ * If $1 is '(' and $4 is ')', perform the two-argument test of $2 and $3.
+ * """
+ * Example why code below is necessary: test '(' ! -e ')'
+ */
+ if (LONE_CHAR(argv[0], '(')
+ && LONE_CHAR(argv[3], ')')
+ ) {
+ /* "test [!] ( x y )" */
+ argv[3] = NULL;
+ argv++;
+ }
}
}
+ check_negate:
if (LONE_CHAR(argv[0], '!')) {
argv++;
negate ^= 1;