hi,

im currently scripting something that reads its configuration from files. one of them is named pipe.conf and even if it does exists my error checking routine reports its missing. i figured it was the filetest identifers $exists and $isfile not wanting to return true because the file is named 'pipe'.
i havnt had a chance to elaborate some tests to check for other reserved words preventing these identifiers from working correctly (touch files, check if they exists; i might do that later). aint checked $isdir either but i suppose it has the same problem.