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# 8  
Old 03-25-2014
@ Alister: I did have it without '$X', but then it failed upon missing argument...
@ mikerousse :
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikerousse
I need to provide me a message that the folder is not accessible because of the permission " that " Any ideas?
'That' is not a regular permission Smilie

Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
.....
Further what confuses me is:
Code:
[ -r $yourfolder ] && R="Read = yes" || R="Read = No"

But then you say...
Code:
 [ -r "$yourfolder" ]; then
                echo "That directory exists but not available for reading"
                exit

....
You are / were checking both times for the same result, but YOUR message 'That directoryy exists...' was misleading, as it is only printed when user CAN READ it.
But it should only print that message when it cant read it.
[ ! -r $yourfolder ] && echo "Cannot access $yourfolder!" && exit 1

EDIT:
Code:
            elif
            [ ! -r "$yourfolder" ]; then
                echo "That directory exists but not available for reading"
                exit 1 # If this is a 'failexit', use 'exit 1', otherwise, leave as is/was
        
            # **** if the directory doesn't exists ****    
            else

hth
Last edited by sea; 03-25-2014 at 08:36 PM..
# 9  
Old 03-26-2014
It was very simple, I just make the following if statement:

Code:
if [ -r "$yourfolder" ] && [ -d "$yourfolder" ]; then .....

Last edited by Scott; 03-26-2014 at 09:15 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 10  
Old 03-26-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
@ Alister: I did have it without '$X', but then it failed upon missing argument...
Perhaps there was a typo in your code? The following works fine:
Code:
$ for V in r w x d; do [ -$V filename ] && RET=yes || RET=no; echo $V:$RET; done
r:yes
w:yes
x:no
d:no

Regards,
Alister
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