Niki wrote:
>
> I'm currently writing an install script for an application, and my
> already limited Bash skills are a bit rusty.
>
> I want to check if a group exists, and if it doesn't, then create it.
>
> Only thing I found is:
>
> if [ grep medintux /etc/group ]; then
> continue
> else
>
On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 05:12:15PM +0100, Geoff Galitz wrote:
> I'd do it like this:
>
> grep medintux /etc/group
> if [ $? != 0 ]; then
> echo "Group not found"
> fi
Or allow for naming services (NIS, LDAP, whatever)
if [ -z "$(getent group medintux)" ]
then
groupadd
fi
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On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Laurent Wandrebeck
wrote:
>> Niki
> Why don't you use groupadd -f ? It will not override the group if it
> already exists, and shortens the code :)
>
That gets my vote :)
I have seen code that creates a temp file then does a chgrp on the
file. If it fails then t
> Apparently I can't seem to "negate" the test, e. g. something like
>
> if !(grep medintux /etc/group)
>
> Any suggestions for the correct syntax here ?
>
I'd do it like this:
grep medintux /etc/group
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo "Group not found"
fi
-
Geoff
2010/3/1 Niki Kovacs :
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently writing an install script for an application, and my
> already limited Bash skills are a bit rusty.
>
> I want to check if a group exists, and if it doesn't, then create it.
>
> Only thing I found is:
>
> if [ grep medintux /etc/group ]; then
>
On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 17:03 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently writing an install script for an application, and my
> already limited Bash skills are a bit rusty.
>
> I want to check if a group exists, and if it doesn't, then create it.
>
> Only thing I found is:
>
> if [ grep
Hi,
I'm currently writing an install script for an application, and my
already limited Bash skills are a bit rusty.
I want to check if a group exists, and if it doesn't, then create it.
Only thing I found is:
if [ grep medintux /etc/group ]; then
continue
else
groupadd medintux
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