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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers help with shell scripting argument Post 302472273 by DGPickett on Tuesday 16th of November 2010 05:02:15 PM
Old 11-16-2010
see man test or man ksh for [...]. There is -d for direcotry, -l for link, -L for something else to do with links? A valid path can also be a named pipe, a raw or cooked device, etc. You can also do
Code:
 
ls -ld $name | read ls
case "$ls" in
(d*)
   echo " argument is a directory" >&2
   ls -l $name
   ;;
(-*)
   echo " argument is file " >&2
   echo "$ls"
   ;;
(*)
   echo "Not a file or directory: $ls" >&2
   ;;
esac | awk '{print $1}'

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NAME

       asadmin-start-appserv, start-appserv - starts thedomains in the specified or default domains directory

SYNOPSIS

       start-appserv [--domaindir install_dir/domains] [--terse=false] [--echo=false]

DESCRIPTION

       This command has been deprecated. Please use start-domain to start the domains in the specified or default domains directory. start-appserv
       starts the domains in the specified or default domains direcotry. If the domains directory is not specified, the  domains  in  the  default
       domains directory are started. The default domains directory is install_dir/domains. This command can only be run locally.

OPTIONS

       --domaindir	       directory where the domains are started. If specified, path must be accessible in the filesystem. If not specified,
			       the domains are started in the default install_dir/domains directory.

       --terse		       indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-
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       1		       error in executing the command

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