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test if file exists
Name: hernandez Date: January 13, 2003 at 04:51:11 Pacific OS: w98se CPU/Ram: 128
Comment:
I've written some script that checks to see if a file exists but it's not working properly. I'm in korn shell.
if [ -e $filename ] then file_menu #call the function file_menu else echo data file does not exist fi
i've tried this with dummy filenames and no matter what name i enter, it calls the function. it seems to ignore that the file doesn't exist.
Name: cdac Date: January 13, 2003 at 05:59:02 Pacific
Reply:
The code looks fine to me .
But try using switch -s. ( More helpful as is checks for the file size as well ).
regards
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Response Number 2
Name: James Boothe Date: January 13, 2003 at 06:40:07 Pacific
Reply:
The -e is not valid on HP-UX:
-f does regular file exist? -x does executable file exist? -r does readable file exist? -w does writable file exist? -s does regular file gtr than size 0 exist?
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Response Number 3
Name: hernandez Date: January 13, 2003 at 07:36:53 Pacific
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