Re: "Philosphical" question on "succesful" file status testing

William M. Klein wrote:
As a follow-up to another thread and NOT expecting consensus of
opinion, I thought I would ask this question:

When is it a "good" thing to test only the first character for "0"
versus testing for specific file status codes?


Obviously when you want the answer to the question: "Well, damnit, WHY
didn't it work?"

Believe it or not, there are people -- or so I am told -- who are actually
fascinated by such silliness.


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