Marcus Brinkmann writes: > [ `ls -1 $dir` ] > This does not work. If the dir contains no file, it is "[ ]", > which returns 0, which is fine. If it contains more than one file, it is too > many arguments, therefore returning 1, which is also fine. But if it > contains one file, it returns 0, which is wrong.
Should read: [ "`ls -1A $dir`" ] This returns '1' if the directory is empty and '0' otherwise. It is not tricked by spaces or other unusual characters in file names. -- John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address.
