Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 05:44:29 -0600 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> To: Kristopher Borodiansky <elit@home.com> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need help with Bash function Message-ID: <20010528054428.A84431@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <001101c0e736$9a18a310$b8690f41@funhouse>; from "Kristopher Borodiansky" on Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:25:26AM References: <20010527224221.A111533@mandy.rockingd.calgary.ab.ca> <001101c0e736$9a18a310$b8690f41@funhouse>
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On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:25:26AM -0400, Kristopher Borodiansky wrote:
> Hi Duke,
>
> Try this in your .bash_profile :
>
> function ezq ()
> {
> if test -a ~/tmp/*;then
> echo "There's something here.";else
> echo "Empty.";
> fi;}
>
> echo by default will newline unless -n is specified such as: echo -n "Text
> to echo"
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net>
> To: "Freebsd Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 12:42 AM
> Subject: Need help with Bash function
>
>
> >
> > 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...
> > --
> > -duke
> > Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kris....
Thanks! Could you tell me what I was doing wrong with the
'[ -a ~/tmp/*];' stuff? Later.....
--
-duke
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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