Re: reference dir ../common in script

[Bernd Eggink]

Jan Schampera schrieb:

OnTheEdge wrote:

I'm trying to check for a directory and create it if it doesn't exist as
follows:

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} ]


Or use

   mkdir -p $CommonDir

Bernd

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reference dir ../common in script

[OnTheEdge]

I'm trying to check for a directory and create it if it doesn't exist as
follows:

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
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Re: reference dir ../common in script

[Jan Schampera]

OnTheEdge wrote:
 I'm trying to check for a directory and create it if it doesn't exist as
 follows:
 
 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.