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Old 01-29-2010
Cannot create a directory

Hi,
I am using the following command to check weather directory exists , if not i am creating a directory.

Code:
if [ -d /apps/cron/healthcheck.log ]
then
   echo "directory already exsist"
else
   mkdir healthcheck.log
   echo "directory  created" >>  $_LOGFILE
fi

But i am gettin the following error in /var/spool/mail/root

mkdir: cannot create directory `healthcheck.log': File exists

can someone help me?

Thanks,
ahamed

Last edited by vbe; 01-29-2010 at 01:46 PM.. Reason: code tags please
# 2  
Old 01-29-2010
The file exists, but it's file, not a directory. You are maching it with "-d" instead of "-e".
# 3  
Old 01-29-2010
even after changing it to -e still getting the same error..
is there any other command to check for directory exist and create it if now..
# 4  
Old 01-29-2010
What is the name of the directory?

/apps/cron
OR
/apps/cron/healthcheck.log

And..

What is the value of $_LOGFILE ?

And..
There is evidence that the script is running from cron.
Because the mkdir statement does not contain a full path it has probably created a directory called:
/healthcheck.log
on a previous run. Therefore it still exists.

If we guess that the intention is to create a directory called /apps/cron/healthcheck.log the script needs the full pathname.
Code:
if [ -d /apps/cron/healthcheck.log ]
then
   echo "directory already exists"
else
   mkdir /apps/cron/healthcheck.log
   echo "directory  created" >>  $_LOGFILE
fi

The value in $_LOGFILE will need to be a full pathname too. The environment for cron is not the same as the user environment.

Last edited by methyl; 01-29-2010 at 02:06 PM.. Reason: Another question and more guesses
# 5  
Old 01-29-2010
the directory name is healthcheck.log. since i want the directory to be created in /apps/cron/ i am appending the exact location.

$_LOGFILE is a log file which i have given the entire path in user defined variable for easy access
# 6  
Old 01-29-2010
There might be a non-directory there already preventing a directory with that name being created. ls -l /apps/cron/healthcheck.log
# 7  
Old 01-29-2010
Thanks guys..
Now its working fine
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