From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to conduct common file tests in elisp
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:59:56 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ej05nl77.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: u7i5yf6vh.fsf@gnu.org
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
>> 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 few languages or almost languages like shell scripting, awk, perl
and python have some way to test the properties of files.
I gave several examples of what I was after:
> like -f file, -d directory, -r file, -x file etc etc.
Standard shell, perl, python tests all based on bourne shell I guess.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-18 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-18 4:17 How to conduct common file tests in elisp Harry Putnam
2008-12-18 4:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-12-18 9:10 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-12-18 22:59 ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2008-12-19 7:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] <mailman.3009.1229573856.26697.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-12-18 9:24 ` Andreas Politz
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