Re: reference dir ../common in script

[Bernd Eggink]

Jan Schampera schrieb:
> OnTheEdge wrote:
> > I'm trying to check for a directory and create it if it doesn't exist as
> > follows:
> >
> > CommonDir="../common"
> > if [ -d ${CommonDir} ]; then
> >    mkdir "${CommonDir}"
> > fi
> >
> > It works from the command line, but my script doesn't seem to like it and I
> > can't figure it out.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Duane
>
> You have a wrong logic. This script will mkdir if it exists.
>
> use
>
> [ ! -d "${CommonDir}" ]

Or use

   mkdir -p $CommonDir

Bernd

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