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From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com>
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Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: OT: stupid sh scripting question
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On 1/3/07, Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> wrote:
> In response to Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>:
>
> >
> >       This is probably staring me in the face:
> >
> > if [ ! -d "foo"]
> >       then mkdir foo
> > fi
> >
> >       gives me:
> >
> > [: missing ]
> >
> >       Looking at rc.subr I see:
> >
> > if [ ! -d "$linkdir" ]; then
> >            warn "$_me: the directory $linkdir does not exist."
> >            return 1
> > fi
>
> The ; after the ] ?
>
> --
> Bill Moran
> Collaborative Fusion Inc.
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you need a space before the ']'

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