Re: Debian Reproducible Live images Wiki page

[John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org>]

On 30/12/2021 05:13, Roland Clobus wrote:
> On 28/12/2021 09:20, Daniel Lewart wrote:
> > 3) Hook scripts
> >     You could change all instances of:
> >      if [ ! -e FILE ];
> >      then
> >        exit 0
> >      fi
> >     to:
> >      [ -e FILE ] || exit 0
>
> It is more compact. However, I'd rather read if-statements, similar to C, so I don't have to remember how the '||' works.
> 'if not exists file then exit 0' reads for me clearer than 'if file exists returns with non-zero (i.e. does not exists) then exit 0;

Somewhat off-topic, but I find it easy to remember '||' as 'or' or perhaps 'or else' (and '&&' as 'and' of course).
eg
'File exists or exit 0'

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John