Grégory Joseph wrote: > On 01 Mar 2011, at 16:12, Nils Breunese wrote: > >> Grégory Joseph wrote: >> >>> I'm probably to blame for this problem. I'm pretty much clueless when it >>> comes to bash variations; I always have to look up some reference to write >>> if statements ;) I found the -a test here: >>> http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_07_01.html - and assumed >>> it was standard. Is there an alternative ? >> >> I'd try -e (also listed in the same table on the URL you mentioned). > > Thanks! -f also seems to work well. Not sure that really has any added value > but eh.
-e tests for existence, -f checks for existence and whether it's a regular file. That means that -f will for instance return false for a symbolic link. I'd go with -e in this case. Nils. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VPRO www.vpro.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- For list details see http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/community/mailing-lists.html To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> ----------------------------------------------------------------
