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[platform/upstream/bash.git] / builtins / test.def

diff --git a/builtins/test.def b/builtins/test.def
index 4adff93..1ebc818 100644 (file)
--- a/builtins/test.def
+++ b/builtins/test.def
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This file is test.def, from which is created test.c.
 It implements the builtin "test" in Bash.
 
-Copyright (C) 1987-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1987-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GNU Bash, the Bourne Again SHell.
 
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ Evaluate conditional expression.
 Exits with a status of 0 (true) or 1 (false) depending on
 the evaluation of EXPR.  Expressions may be unary or binary.  Unary
 expressions are often used to examine the status of a file.  There
-are string operators as well, and numeric comparison operators.
+are string operators and numeric comparison operators as well.
+
+The behavior of test depends on the number of arguments.  Read the
+bash manual page for the complete specification.
 
 File operators:
 
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ String operators:
 Other operators:
 
   -o OPTION      True if the shell option OPTION is enabled.
+  -v VAR        True if the shell variable VAR is set
   ! EXPR         True if expr is false.
   EXPR1 -a EXPR2 True if both expr1 AND expr2 are true.
   EXPR1 -o EXPR2 True if either expr1 OR expr2 is true.