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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Find if a directory exist from a list of the path Post 302938828 by saps19 on Thursday 19th of March 2015 08:23:33 AM
Old 03-19-2015
Try these below and do more R&D with your current work:

to check empty dir:

Code:
if find /path/to/some/dir -maxdepth 0 -empty | read v; then echo "Empty dir"; fi

OR check: This in UNIX(dot)com

to check dir existence:

Code:
if [ -d "$DIRECTORY" ]; then
 # your code!
fi

 

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REMINISCENCE(6) 						   REminiscence 						   REMINISCENCE(6)

NAME

       reminiscence - a wrapper around rs with changed defaults

SYNOPSIS

	   reminiscence
	   reminiscence --datapath path
	   reminiscence --savepath path
	   reminiscence --levelnum num
	   reminiscence --help

DESCRITION

       reminiscence is a tiny wrapper for /usr/games/rs, the REminiscence engine.  It supports the same options as rs(6). The wrapper bails out if
       the data directory does not exist. It will also create the save game directory if needed.

OPTIONS

       --datapath path
	   Use path for locating game data. Defaults to .reminiscence/data in user's home directory. reminiscence exits with an error if the
	   directory does not exist.

       --savepath path
	   Use path for game saves. Defaults to .reminiscence/save in user's home directory. The directory is created if needed.

       --levelnum num
	   Start from level num. Default is 0.

       --help
	   Display short usage info.

SEE ALSO

       rs(6)

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