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Re: reference dir ../common in script
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Jan Schampera |
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Re: reference dir ../common in script |
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Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:21:07 +0100 |
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OnTheEdge wrote:
> I'm trying to check for a directory and create it if it doesn't exist as
> follows:
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> CommonDir="../common"
> if [ -d ${CommonDir} ]; then
> mkdir "${CommonDir}"
> fi
>
> It works from the command line, but my script doesn't seem to like it and I
> can't figure it out.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Duane
You have a wrong logic. This script will mkdir if it exists.
use
[ ! -d "${CommonDir}" ]
J.