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authorDavid A. Wheeler <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>2011-03-22 06:03:55 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2011-03-22 07:12:01 +0100
commit3f31ec950b78309a0d12d92d87a735b8870a2289 (patch)
treeba10fd737e20a7e8f1959f6031683d674762afe5
parent2a3a094e0d9712e69f168a10685975f1a7ed5917 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-3f31ec950b78309a0d12d92d87a735b8870a2289.tar.xz
test: accept "==" as a synonym for "="
Make GNU coreutils' test recognize "==" as a synonym for "=". This is already the case in GNU coreutils' expr, bash, ksh, busybox ash, FreeBSD-current /bin/sh and /bin/test, and OpenBSD's /bin/sh. Before, env test a '==' a would fail with this diagnostic: "test: ==: binary operator expected". Now, it succeeds. * src/test.c: Accept "==" as a synonym for "=". * doc/coreutils.texi (String tests): Document it. Reported as http://debbugs.gnu.org/8263 Also see http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=375
-rw-r--r--doc/coreutils.texi7
-rw-r--r--src/test.c6
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 8dd1ed8ba..46deeed46 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -11535,7 +11535,7 @@ Exit status:
* File type tests:: -[bcdfhLpSt]
* Access permission tests:: -[gkruwxOG]
* File characteristic tests:: -e -s -nt -ot -ef
-* String tests:: -z -n = !=
+* String tests:: -z -n = == !=
* Numeric tests:: -eq -ne -lt -le -gt -ge
* Connectives for test:: ! -a -o
@end menu
@@ -11726,6 +11726,11 @@ True if the length of @var{string} is nonzero.
@cindex equal string check
True if the strings are equal.
+@item @var{string1} == @var{string2}
+@opindex ==
+@cindex equal string check
+True if the strings are equal (synonym for =).
+
@item @var{string1} != @var{string2}
@opindex !=
@cindex not-equal string check
diff --git a/src/test.c b/src/test.c
index 2d7aa673b..362df65d8 100644
--- a/src/test.c
+++ b/src/test.c
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ get_mtime (char const *filename, struct timespec *mtime)
static bool
binop (char const *s)
{
- return ((STREQ (s, "=")) || (STREQ (s, "!=")) || (STREQ (s, "-nt")) ||
+ return ((STREQ (s, "=")) || (STREQ (s, "!=")) || (STREQ (s, "==")) ||
+ (STREQ (s, "-nt")) ||
(STREQ (s, "-ot")) || (STREQ (s, "-ef")) || (STREQ (s, "-eq")) ||
(STREQ (s, "-ne")) || (STREQ (s, "-lt")) || (STREQ (s, "-le")) ||
(STREQ (s, "-gt")) || (STREQ (s, "-ge")));
@@ -360,7 +361,8 @@ binary_operator (bool l_is_l)
test_syntax_error (_("unknown binary operator"), argv[op]);
}
- if (argv[op][0] == '=' && !argv[op][1])
+ if (argv[op][0] == '=' && (!argv[op][1] ||
+ ((argv[op][1] == '=') && !argv[op][2])))
{
bool value = STREQ (argv[pos], argv[pos + 2]);
pos += 3;