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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: stupid sh scripting question
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In response to Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>:

> 
> 	This is probably staring me in the face:
> 
> if [ ! -d "foo"] 
> 	then mkdir foo
> fi
> 
> 	gives me:
> 
> [: missing ]
> 
> 	Looking at rc.subr I see:
> 
> if [ ! -d "$linkdir" ]; then
>            warn "$_me: the directory $linkdir does not exist."
>            return 1
> fi

The ; after the ] ?

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Bill Moran
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