From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 14 20:12:48 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4F01065672 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:12:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B298FC1B for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:12:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6EKCrVQ069274 for ; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:12:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:12:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:12:47 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20080714201241.GA22443@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 21++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: why is this script failing? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:12:48 -0000 people, for reasons i don't understand completely, i wind up with *wav* files in my /tmp/kde-kline/* directory. plus othr misc junk files. why is this script not finding them? wav=/tmp/kde-kline/\*wav\* if [ -s $wav ] then echo "Wav files found"; ls -l $wav; /bin/rm ${wav}; else echo "No wav files in /tmp/kde-kline"; exit 0; fi do i have to cd to /tmp/kde-kline and examine every file in a loop? tia, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org