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Old 09-08-2010
if no file then quit
I have a script that run several subscripts. I need to find out how to do two things. First I would like to check for a file and if that file is not there I want to quit the entire script without running the rest of the script which contain subscripts. If the file is there, I want it to continue running.

I would also like to know how to tell it to try again in 1 hour but only up to three times. I already have a script that runs twice daily and just want to insert the script in the existing code.
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Old 09-08-2010
Code:
if [ ! -f "/my/file" ] ; then
   exit 0;
fi

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