I would also assume that if this command was run as root it would not work, as root's home directory is /root. Same for any other user whose home directory is not under /home. Perhaps a few-lines script would first have to grep the login ID from /etc/passwd (read-only, so OK), parse the line to get the actual home directory and return it.
On 2021-06-17 10:55 a.m., J C Nash wrote: > While I've found a workaround, I was a bit surprised that a test for > existence of > a directory in a bash script did not work. > > I tried > > DIR="~/Something/" > if [ -d "$DIR" ]; then > > and got that the directory did NOT exist when it was clearly there. > > Workaround was to use > > DIR="/home/$(basename ~)/Something/" > > I did a bit of a search, but found no mention of the fact that ~ is not > expanded in the if [ ] construct. Is it, in fact, "well-known" except > to me? > > Cheers, JN > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org > To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org > To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org > To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get help send a blank message to linux+h...@linux-ottawa.org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org
