1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib-src/rcs-checkin b/lib-src/rcs-checkin
index 7b894eac83d..3f41d48b0da 100755
--- 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.