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Old 11-14-2006
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The following code is equivalent :

Code:
if [[ -a /gers/genret/tmp/poll_$fileExtension.txt  ]]
then
   continue
fi

If the file pooll_ exists, then resume the next iteration of the for loop (proceed next file).


Jean-Pierre.