Thanks. That exactly what I needed.

It was Sat, 20 Oct 2001 23:44:30 +0200 and 
I don't really know but somebody said:

> On Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 05:35:45PM -0400, Rod Person wrote:
> 
> man test(1) tells you how to check for a directory (and lots more BTW)
> 
> mkdir -p might also interest you (see the mkdir man page)
> 
> > I'm creating a bash script and I need to know if a directory exists
> and if it doesn't create it. So far the only why I can see to determine
> if a directory exists is to try to cd to it and if it doesn't exists
> trap the error. Is there a better way or a function that I am missing?
> If not how do you trap a error in bash, if at all possible.
> > 
> > Rod
> > 
> > http://storm.prohosting.com/osbeef/osbeef.htm
> > 
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