<quote who="Jan Schmidt"> > <quote who="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> > > > your questioin was nowhere near as dumb as mine, > > talking about dumb questions, what do I use to replace 'IF EXIST" in a BAT > > file's: > > > > IF EXIST something DEL something > > in sh: > > if [ -x "$FILE" ]; then > rm $FILE > fi >
if [ -e "$FILE" ]; then even... -x is "file exists and is executable" see 'man test' for the full set of tests available inside '[]' brackets. J. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homer: "No TV and No Beer make Homer something something" Marge: "Go Crazy?" Homer: "Don't mind if I do! aaaarrrarrgghar!" -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
