Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:33:00 -0800 From: "Kevin Downey" <redchin@gmail.com> To: "Jerry McAllister" <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: stupid sh scripting question Message-ID: <1d3ed48c0701031332p6bfa4a23l9e19d164289dd12@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070103211852.GB60153@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <17820.3343.799303.349686@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20070103211852.GB60153@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On 1/3/07, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 03:07:43PM -0500, Robert Huff wrote: > > > > > This is probably staring me in the face: > > > > if [ ! -d "foo"] > > then mkdir foo > > fi > > > > gives me: > > > > [: missing ] > > It is probably not telling you ':' missing but ';' missing. > It goes after the ']', plus I think the space before ']' is required. > > ////jerry > > > > > Looking at rc.subr I see: > > > > if [ ! -d "$linkdir" ]; then > > warn "$_me: the directory $linkdir does not exist." > > return 1 > > fi > > > > > > Robert Huff > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > the ';' is not required if the 'then' statement is not on the same line as the 'if' statement. kpd@zifnab ~% sh $ if echo foo > then > echo bar > fi foo bar sorry for the repeat jerry (gmail's reply defaults to replying to just the sender and not everyone) -- The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred.
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