06-16-2006
No the shell script i have is written like this:
if [[ ! -a $LOG ]]
then
print "$0 started at .... $date" > $LOG
............
fi
after some lines of the above script i saw another similar if condition like:
if [[ -a $OUTFILE ]]
then
rm $OUTFILE
fi
This script with the above statements in it is working perfectly ...........
pl have a look at it & let me know what -a option mean, if it is boolean 'and' is that meaning fits into the above script.
thanks
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