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TheJuiceman
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Easy one...

Hi everyone,

Easy one for ya. How is the best way to have a script verify that something exists (like a directory, etc) before executing a set of commands? Thanks
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Sridhar Bhaskarla
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Re: Easy one...

Hi Bobby,

If it is a thing like link, file, directory, then you can test it with '-a'. If you want to be more specific like if the thing is a symbolic link (-h), or a directory (-d), use that specific option. 'man ksh'.

#!/usr/bin/ksh

myfunction()
{
your_commands
}

if [ -a /somedirectory ]
then
myfunction
else
echo "/somedirectory is missing"
fi

-Sri
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TheJuiceman
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Re: Easy one...

Excellent!!! Thanks Sri!!! Told you it was easy. Just didn't know the easiest way to do it.