On 2011-04-25 08:47, Sean O'Riordain wrote:> Good afternoon,
>
> As a clarification does it make sense to remove the second 'not' in
the 'See
> Also' documentation for file_test ?
Both versions make sense to me; it's just a question of
whether we think of testing for x 'being a directory'
or for x 'not being a directory'.
The code (for the '-f' op) actually tests !isdir and
so the current wording reflects the code.
Peter Ehlers
>
> Kind regards,
> Sean O'Riordain
>
> -----
> Index: src/library/utils/man/filetest.Rd
> ==================================================================> ---
src/library/utils/man/filetest.Rd (revision 55639)
> +++ src/library/utils/man/filetest.Rd (working copy)
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
> }
> \seealso{
> \code{\link{file.exists}} which only tests for existence
> - (\code{test -e} on some systems) but not for not being a directory.
> + (\code{test -e} on some systems) but not for being a directory.
>
> \code{\link{file.path}}, \code{\link{file.info}}
> }
>
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