Subject: Re: removed [ file
To: Kirk Boston <kbosto1@gl.umbc.edu>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/23/1996 16:55:43
> Hey all while cleaning up my root directory I removed a file in root 
> called "[" all was well until I restarted and then I got all kinds of 
> good errors once the network processes started up.  

In root?  There should be one in /bin.  It's the same thing as the
'test' program.  Shell scripts use it all over the place:

	if [ -x /sbin/mydaemon ] ; then
		/sbin/mydaemon
	fi

... and so on...

> is there a way to get this file back or will I have to do a complete 
> rebuild of the box...

cd /bin
ln test \[

-allen

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