From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to conduct common file tests in elisp Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:10:16 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87r646i0by.fsf@newsguy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229591469 26149 80.91.229.12 (18 Dec 2008 09:11:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 18 10:12:16 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LDEvS-00043S-Iw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:12:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45300 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDEuG-0002ym-D4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:10:56 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LDEtp-0002qJ-It for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:10:29 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LDEtn-0002o8-TR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:10:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45508 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LDEtn-0002nw-KH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:10:27 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:35559) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LDEtm-0005nT-CR; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:10:26 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11387F5877E6; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:10:24 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [91.35.205.226] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1LDEtj-0000Wj-00; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:10:23 +0100 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19E0xBm4OLhd2eLSRFeHGjMl7NPUB9DTBiRKXRM owullti8FZfhuTllQYiUYvBo2fZpsDF3ufm7krR6WkqeLcZlXv f0Pk6TdeFU9nkB0Fdtlg== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:60776 Archived-At: Am 18.12.2008 um 05:24 schrieb Eli Zaretskii: >> From: Harry Putnam >> Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:17:21 -0600 >> >> I'm attempting to look up in the elisp manual how to conduct a >> standard file test. > > What is a "standard file test"? > The Bourne shell test command, I presume. Exists, is file or =20 directory or symbolic link, is readable or writable or executable, =20 has zero size ... -- Greetings Pete Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau: =E0 chaque nouvelle =20= cuv=E9e on sait que ce sera d=E9gueulasse, mais on en prend quand m=EAme, = =20 par masochisme.