scripting error in check_path -- falsely failed on the simlink in the case...

scripting error in check_path -- falsely failed on the simlink in the case that the ls command did NOT abort in a SIGPIPE error (as expected for small directories)

bin/check_path

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 test -d "$1" -a -r "$1" && 
   /bin/ls -a1U "$1" | 
   grep -q '^\.$'
-if [ $? = 141 -a "${PIPESTATUS[1]}" = 0 ]; then
+if [ $? = 0 -o \( $? = 141 -a "${PIPESTATUS[1]}" = 0 \) ]; then
   echo 1
 else
-  echo $[$?==0]
+  echo 0
 fi