https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416414#M706960 Hi Bobby,<BR /><BR />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'.<BR /><BR />#!/usr/bin/ksh<BR /><BR />myfunction()<BR />{<BR />your_commands<BR />}<BR /><BR />if [ -a /somedirectory ]<BR />then<BR />myfunction<BR />else<BR />echo "/somedirectory is missing"<BR />fi<BR /><BR />-Sri Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:47:30 GMT Sridhar Bhaskarla 2004-11-05T20:47:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416413#M706959 Hi everyone,<BR /><BR />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 Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:24:11 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416413#M706959 TheJuiceman 2004-11-05T20:24:11Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416414#M706960 Hi Bobby,<BR /><BR />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'.<BR /><BR />#!/usr/bin/ksh<BR /><BR />myfunction()<BR />{<BR />your_commands<BR />}<BR /><BR />if [ -a /somedirectory ]<BR />then<BR />myfunction<BR />else<BR />echo "/somedirectory is missing"<BR />fi<BR /><BR />-Sri Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:47:30 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416414#M706960 Sridhar Bhaskarla 2004-11-05T20:47:30Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416415#M706961 Excellent!!! Thanks Sri!!! Told you it was easy. Just didn't know the easiest way to do it. Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:42:35 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/easy-one/m-p/3416415#M706961 TheJuiceman 2004-11-05T21:42:35Z