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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2001 23:44:30 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Rod Person <roddierod@hotpop.com>
Cc:        Hackers FreeBSD <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: bash scripting help/suggestions.
Message-ID:  <20011020234430.A568@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20011020173545.6cf189ff.roddierod@hotpop.com>; from roddierod@hotpop.com on Sat, Oct 20, 2001 at 05:35:45PM -0400
References:  <20011020173545.6cf189ff.roddierod@hotpop.com>

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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
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