diff --git a/bin/apidoc.sh b/bin/apidoc.sh
index 74e42d168..b258d4958 100644
--- a/bin/apidoc.sh
+++ b/bin/apidoc.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export LC_ALL="zh_CN.UTF-8"
 
 APP_HOME=`dirname "$0"`
 
-if [ ! -a "$APP_HOME"/conf/application.xml ]; then 
+if [ ! -f "$APP_HOME"/conf/application.xml ]; then 
      APP_HOME="$APP_HOME"/..  
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/shutdown.sh b/bin/shutdown.sh
index ff62a72d6..8c243da39 100644
--- a/bin/shutdown.sh
+++ b/bin/shutdown.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export LC_ALL="zh_CN.UTF-8"
 
 APP_HOME=`dirname "$0"`
 
-if [ ! -a "$APP_HOME"/conf/application.xml ]; then 
+if [ ! -f "$APP_HOME"/conf/application.xml ]; then 
      APP_HOME="$APP_HOME"/..  
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/start.sh b/bin/start.sh
index a5a025ed4..17f47ea9a 100644
--- a/bin/start.sh
+++ b/bin/start.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export LC_ALL="zh_CN.UTF-8"
 
 APP_HOME=`dirname "$0"`
 
-if [ ! -a "$APP_HOME"/conf/application.xml ]; then 
+if [ ! -f "$APP_HOME"/conf/application.xml ]; then 
      APP_HOME="$APP_HOME"/..  
 fi