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Old 12-14-2016
Hammer & Screwdriver Function getting called recursively
I have the below script which creates a directory or simply terminates without throwing error (exit 1) incase the directory exists.

Code:
bash-4.1$ vi mdir.sh
#!/bin/bash -e
shopt -s expand_aliases
alias mkdir=mkdir_s
mkdir_s(){
if [[ -d $1 ]]; then
echo " directory EXISTS "
return
else
echo " Creating DIRECTORY"
mkdir "$1"
return
fi
}

mkdir /tmp/mohta

It works fine when /tmp/mohta exists but runs in a recursive loop if the directory does not exists.

I understand why it is happening but not sure how to fix this.
# 2  
Old 12-14-2016
Run mkdir with an absolute path.

Of course, if you just want a version of mkdir which doesn't return error when the folder already exists, standard POSIX-compliant mkdir can do that already: mkdir -p
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# 3  
Old 12-14-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corona688
Run mkdir with an absolute path.

Of course, if you just want a version of mkdir which doesn't return error when the folder already exists, standard POSIX-compliant mkdir can do that already: mkdir -p
changing mkdir "$1" to /usr/bin/mkdir "$1" resolves the recursive problem !! Thank you ....
# 4  
Old 12-14-2016
Another working solution might be to change
Code:
mkdir "$1"

to
Code:
env mkdir "$1"

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