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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Confirming Syntax - IF statement. Post 302178651 by Cameron on Wednesday 26th of March 2008 05:20:31 AM
Old 03-26-2008
Thanks for the reply Klashxx.

I assume that if I reverse the logic, the result will still remain the same ??
Code:
if [ "${FILETYPE}"="PAY" ] && [ "${MKT}"="PU" -o "${MKT}"="PH" ]

Just thinking of others who will need to read it (more pedantic than anything else I guess). Smilie
 

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FILETYPE(3)								 1							       FILETYPE(3)

filetype - Gets file type

SYNOPSIS
string filetype (string $filename) DESCRIPTION
Returns the type of the given file. PARAMETERS
o $filename - Path to the file. RETURN VALUES
Returns the type of the file. Possible values are fifo, char, dir, block, link, file, socket and unknown. Returns FALSE if an error occurs. filetype(3) will also produce an E_NOTICE message if the stat call fails or if the file type is unknown. EXAMPLES
Example #1 filetype(3) example <?php echo filetype('/etc/passwd'); // file echo filetype('/etc/'); // dir ?> ERRORS
/EXCEPTIONS Upon failure, an E_WARNING is emitted. NOTES
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is_dir(3), is_file(3), is_link(3), file_exists(3), mime_content_type(3), pathinfo(3), stat(3). PHP Documentation Group FILETYPE(3)
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