NetBSD Problem Report #42286
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From: bughunting@xs4all.nl
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Subject: Minor mistakes, and one supposed error, in test(1) manpage
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>Number: 42286
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Minor mistakes, and one supposed error, in test(1) manpage
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: closed
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 08 21:05:01 +0000 2009
>Closed-Date: Tue Nov 10 18:20:14 +0000 2009
>Last-Modified: Tue Nov 10 18:35:00 +0000 2009
>Originator: Bug Hunting
>Release: 5.99.21
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The test(1) manpage contains some minor errors, namely, it doesn't
use nroff(1) macros on some locations where it should (or: could).
Also, although it is explicitly defined with `Ns' macros in the
manpage's nroff(1) source (and the manpage _does_ mention ``All
operators and flags are separate arguments to the test utility''),
showing no spacing after `(' and before `)' in the `(expression)' part
is very confusing, since those spaces are needed in shell. Since it is
unclear to me why `Ns' macros are used here, i suggest removing them.
>How-To-Repeat:
"man 1 test".
test(1) usage with parentheses:
$ /bin/test '('a = a')' && echo true || echo false # incorrect usage
false
$ /bin/test '(' a = a ')' && echo true || echo false # correct usage
true
>Fix:
Apply the following patch:
$ cvs diff -u bin/test/test.1
Index: bin/test/test.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/bin/test/test.1,v
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -r1.26 test.1
--- bin/test/test.1 6 May 2009 08:26:43 -0000 1.26
+++ bin/test/test.1 8 Nov 2009 20:57:15 -0000
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)test.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.\"
-.Dd May 5, 2009
+.Dd November 8, 2009
.Dt TEST 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -47,17 +47,24 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm test
-utility evaluates the expression and, if it evaluates
+utility evaluates
+.Ar expression
+and, if it evaluates
to true, returns a zero (true) exit status; otherwise
it returns 1 (false).
-If there is no expression, test also
+If
+.Ar expression
+is not given,
+.Nm test
+also
returns 1 (false).
.Pp
All operators and flags are separate arguments to the
.Nm test
utility.
.Pp
-The following primaries are used to construct expression:
+The following primaries are used to construct
+.Ar expression :
.Bl -tag -width Ar
.It Fl b Ar file
True if
@@ -269,8 +276,10 @@
or
.Ar expression2
are true.
-.It Cm \&( Ns Ar expression Ns Cm \&)
-True if expression is true.
+.It Cm \&( Ar expression Cm \&)
+True if
+.Ar expression
+is true.
.El
.Pp
The
@@ -300,10 +309,11 @@
utility exits with one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It 0
-expression evaluated to true.
+.Ar expression
+evaluated to true.
.It 1
-expression evaluated to false or expression was
-missing.
+.Ar expression
+evaluated to false or was missing.
.It \*[Gt]1
An error occurred.
.El
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: wiz@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:20:14 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Committed, thank you!
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: PR/42286 CVS commit: src/bin/test
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:19:46 +0000
Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Tue Nov 10 18:19:46 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/bin/test: test.1
Log Message:
Correct usage for parentheses, and mark up "expression" in more places.
From Bug Hunting in PR 42286.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.26 -r1.27 src/bin/test/test.1
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
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