Re: tramp (2.1.8-pre); Couldn't find exist status of `test -e dir`

[Zhihong Zhang]

Here is the output,

$ /bin/sh
test -e /
echo tramp_exit_status $?
test -e /\ this\ file\ does\ not\ exist\
echo tramp_exit_status $?
test -e /export/home/zhang/cvswork/
echo tramp_exit_status $?
$ test: argument expected
$ tramp_exit_status 1
$ test: argument expected
$ tramp_exit_status 1
$ test: argument expected
$ tramp_exit_status 1

How do you explain that it works for a while then starts giving this error?

Thanks for looking into this.

Zhihong



On 1/17/07 6:35 AM, "Michael Albinus" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Zhihong Zhang <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Couldn't find exist status of `test -e dir`
>> 
>> after entering password.
>> 
>> This only happens to one host, which is a solaris,
>> 
>> SunOS io 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
>> 
>> It works fine when file is on a Linux host.
> 
> Tramp needs to detect which "test" command it can apply on a remote
> host. It prefers "test -e", but this does not work with all shells.
> In your case, it has decided to use it.
> 
> Could you, please, apply the following commands on your solaris host,
> and show the results?
> 
> /bin/sh
> test -e /
> echo tramp_exit_status $?
> test -e /\ this\ file\ does\ not\ exist\
> echo tramp_exit_status $?
> test -e /export/home/zhang/cvswork/
> echo tramp_exit_status $?
> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Zhihong
> 
> Best regards, Michael.