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Old 04-11-2012
parent and child directory
does anyone know how to check in an 'if' statement if a particular directory is a child directory of a particular directory?

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Old 04-11-2012
Do you have the absolute path of the folder?
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Old 04-11-2012
Please post what Operating System and version you running and what Shell you are using.

Please give an example with real directory listings (blotting anything confidential with X's).

Please post any code which you have tried, complete with any error messages or output.
 
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