From: Bert Wesarg Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:35:19 GMT Subject: Re: [TopGit PATCH] tg.sh: Check for read permissions of help files Message-ID: <36ca99e90808090035r6331a118k5a26486de1acf002@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1218009771-30358-1-git-send-email-bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> Petr, On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 10:02, Bert Wesarg wrote: > - elif [ -f "@sharedir@/tg-$1.txt" ] ; then > + elif [ -f "@sharedir@/tg-$1.txt" -a -r "@sharedir@/tg-$1.txt" ] ; then I saw your simplified commit for this, but you should know, that '-r' tests only for read permissions, not for a regular file, so this test succeed also for a pipe/socket for which do you have read permissions. Bert > cat "@sharedir@/tg-$1.txt" > else > echo "`basename $0`: no help for $1" 1>&2 > -- > tg: (e311d15..) t/check-read-permissions-of-help-files (depends on: master) >