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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Cannot create a directory Post 302390936 by ahamed on Friday 29th of January 2010 12:27:13 PM
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
 

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gnomevfs-mkdir(1)						   User Commands						 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)

NAME
gnomevfs-mkdir - make a new directory at a VFS location SYNOPSIS
gnomevfs-mkdir -p URI DESCRIPTION
gnomevfs-mkdir is obsolete. It has been superseded by gvfs-mkdir. See gvfs-mkdir(1). gnomevfs-mkdir makes a new directory at a URI location that supports the creation of new directories. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: -p Create parents of the directory if needed OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: URI Specifies the location of the new directory in standard URI format. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Making a New Directory in the Home Directory example% gnomevfs-mkdir file:///home/user/newdir ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnomevfs-mkdir Executable to make a new directory at a VFS location ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-vfs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Obsolete Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
gnomevfs-cat(1), gnomevfs-copy(1), gnomevfs-info(1), gnomevfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1), attributes(5), environ(5) NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.11 14 May 2008 gnomevfs-mkdir(1)
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