Shell Programming and Scripting

tmp $: ls -ltrd dir*
drwxr-x--x   2 oracle   dba         4096 Aug 31 23:42 dir1
drwxr-x--x   2 oracle   dba         4096 Aug 31 23:42 dir2
lrwxrwxrwx   1 oracle   dba            4 Aug 31 23:43 dir3 -> /tmp
tmp $: cat y.ksh
#!/bin/ksh

for checkdir in dir*
do
   echo "Checking ${checkdir}"

   if [[ -h "${checkdir}" ]] ; then
      echo "... ${checkdir} is a directory"  # What is this ????? You are checking for link and printing result as directory...
   elif [[ -d "${checkdir}" ]] ; then
      echo "... ${checkdir} is a symbolic link"
   fi
done
tmp $: cat z.ksh
#!/bin/ksh

for checkdir in dir*
do
   echo "Checking ${checkdir}"

   if [[ -L "${checkdir}" ]] ; then
      echo "... ${checkdir} is a directory"
   elif [[ -d "${checkdir}" ]] ; then
      echo "... ${checkdir} is a symbolic link"
   fi
done
tmp $: ./y.ksh
Checking dir1
... dir1 is a symbolic link
Checking dir2
... dir2 is a symbolic link
Checking dir3
... dir3 is a directory
tmp $: ./z.ksh
Checking dir1
... dir1 is a symbolic link
Checking dir2
... dir2 is a symbolic link
Checking dir3
... dir3 is a directory
tmp $: