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Re: checking for file existence when I don't know the exact name



On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:59:43 +0200
Jérémie Roquet <arkanosis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2011/10/24 TJ Luoma <luomat@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > 2011/10/24 Jérémie Roquet <arkanosis@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> From the man, section “conditional expressions” :
> >>
> >>  “File generation is not  performed on any form of argument to
> >> conditions.”
> >
> > This isn't file _generation_, is it? Or am I not understanding zsh's terms?
> 
> Err, it's file*name* generation, actually. In zsh's terms, filename
> generation refers to globbing.
> 
> Peter, maybe we should fix the doc there?

Yes, I've done that.

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