On Wednesday 25 January 2006 20:10, Jon Miller wrote: <...> > LOCSAV="/usr/local/sop" > if [ -e $(ls -l $LOCSAV/*.ide) ] > it comes up with an error, can some lend a hand in fixing this?
Why make it so complicated? And what was, the exact, error message? What shell are you using? Try: if [ -e $LOCSAV/*.ide ] ... it works here, with bash. BTW, please set your list mail to text only. Your mailer's sending text, HTML and an error message. Thanks. All the best. -- Robert "roach" Spencer Pietermaritzburg South Africa -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]