Chris Jones wrote: > if mkdir; then > echo 'created OK' > else > echo 'not created OK' > exit 1 > > > ... the [] is redundant, IOW: > > if test mkdir # ??? > > also your sample has the then/else actions inverted. >
Thank you. I thought I had tried it without the brackets, but I must've introduced some other little problem when I tried it 'cause it works now. Steve Kemp suggested: > if ( mkdir -p $targetDir ) Do the parenths add any value? (meaning? readability? it seems to me to add readability) Thanks! -- Kent West <*)))>< http://kentwest.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
