[Novalug] ubuntu problem with repositories

Jon LaBadie novalugml@jgcomp.com
Thu Feb 23 12:07:23 EST 2012


On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 08:35:18PM +0000, jecottrell3@comcast.net wrote:
> Here's one....
> 
> test -w /
> 
> is a quick and dirty indication of whether or not you are root.
> 
> There are two ways it can fail, of course.
> 
Does that include not realizing you need to check the exit status ($?)

jl
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