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Old 02-28-2012
Make directory in script
I'm creating a file that reads:
Code:
cd $HOME
echo What would you like to call the tar file?
read TARNAME
tar -cf $TARNAME.tar labs/*
mkdir backups
mv $TARNAME.tar backups/

Now my problem I'm having is that some people have the backups directory and some don't. How can I make it that if they don't have it, it will create it, and if then do have it, just skip that step? Is there a way?
Last edited by Scott; 02-29-2012 at 12:54 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 02-28-2012
labs/* is redundant. Just do
Code:
tar -C labs -cf filename.tar .

And you can do
Code:
mkdir -p

which will be silent if the directory already exists.
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