Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 22:42:22 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Need help with Bash function Message-ID: <20010527224221.A111533@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca>
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I'm trying to debug the following function w/o much success.
function ezq() {
if [ -a ~/tmp/* ]; then
echo -e "there's something here....\n"
else
echo -e "empty....\n"
fi
}
I keep on getting:
'[: binary operator expected'
Is it whinning about the '-a' above? Why?
All I want to do is to check to see if a directory is empty or not.
TIA...
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-duke
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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