From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RDrUO-0006ax-Un for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:36:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 78E0921C112; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.105]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53AB921C045 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:35:13 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAIgmlU58qVnn/2dsb2JhbABDhHWjOIEFgX1+DQImAl+gRo1ukgqBLIF0gySBFASHfZEgH4wZ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.69,332,1315152000"; d="scan'208";a="299920364" Received: from unknown (HELO moriah.localdomain) ([124.169.89.231]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out5.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 12 Oct 2011 13:35:12 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8206F85D59 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:35:12 +0800 (WST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lan.localdomain Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah.lan.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id iZDk7TN2xXee for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:35:08 +0800 (WST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D5F85D54 for ; Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:35:08 +0800 (WST) Subject: [gentoo-user] "/usr/bin/[" and coreutils From: William Kenworthy To: Gentoo Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:35:07 +0800 Message-ID: <1318397707.15637.3.camel@moriah> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 91e11cf7ff5f4d1ac570c88c7c033d26 I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the process, ran across the fact that "equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7" shows a file included called "/usr/bin/[" - thats right, left square bracket! Is that a bug or if real, what would you use it for? It doesnt seem to be on the file system ... moriah ~ # /usr/bin/[ /usr/bin/[: missing `]' moriah ~ # doesnt show much! BillK