Use test -r instead of < to check readability, to avoid syntax error.

diff --git a/lib-src/rcs-checkin b/lib-src/rcs-checkin
index 7b894eac83df0db6fe903e080605803e86c701df..3f41d48b0daeed42370be2d9767623b13a5316d5 100755 (executable)
--- a/lib-src/rcs-checkin
+++ b/lib-src/rcs-checkin
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ do
        test -f "$file" || continue
 
        # Check that file is readable.
-       <$file || exit
+       test -r "$file" || exit
 
        # If the RCS file does not already exist,
        # initialize it with a description from $file's first line.