1 ?RCS: $Id: issymlink.U 1 2006-08-24 12:32:52Z rmanfredi $
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11 ?RCS: Original Author: Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
14 ?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1994/06/20 07:05:52 ram
15 ?RCS: patch30: created by ADO
17 ?MAKE:issymlink: lns test rm
18 ?MAKE: -pick add $@ %<
20 ?S: This variable holds the test command to test for a symbolic link
21 ?S: (if they are supported). Typical values include 'test -h' and
25 ?LINT:change PATH test
26 : determine whether symbolic links are supported
30 echo "Checking how to test for symbolic links..." >&4
32 if $test "X$issymlink" = X; then
34 ?X: In some AIX 4 versions the (ksh) builtin test (-h) is broken.
37 '') sh -c "PATH= test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
38 *) $newsh -c "PATH= test -h sym" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
43 echo "Your builtin 'test -h' may be broken." >&4
46 *) pth=`echo $PATH | sed -e "s/$p_/ /g"`
49 if test -f "$p/$test"; then
58 echo "Trying external '$test -h'." >&4
60 if $test ! -h sym >/dev/null 2>&1; then
61 echo "External '$test -h' is broken, too." >&4
69 if $test "X$issymlink" = X; then
70 if $test -L sym 2>/dev/null; then
72 echo "The builtin '$test -L' worked." >&4
75 if $test "X$issymlink" != X; then
76 echo "You can test for symbolic links with '$issymlink'." >&4
78 echo "I do not know how you can test for symbolic links." >&4
82 *) echo "No symbolic links, so not testing for their testing..." >&4