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Old 09-13-2006
-d option not working...
Smilie In the following, when I enter a valid, existing directory,why am I getting Not Found when the Dir DOES exist?

read auser
echo "You entered $auser"
wait 2
cd /home
if [$auser]
then
echo "Dir Exists"
sleep 2
else
echo "/home/$auser Not Found"
sleep 2
exit
fi
# 2  
Old 09-13-2006
spaces
Code:
if [ -d $auser ]
then
echo "Dir exists"
else
echo "not exists"
fi

Remember that there should be exactly one space after the '[' and before the ']'
# 3  
Old 09-13-2006
thx
do you think next time, you could be a little quicker with the response?


"2 Minutes"


freakin awesome!
Smilie
thanks lads
Rich
 
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