Test for Directory

[Michael42]

Hello,

Using the Bourne shell on a Solaris 8 system how can I test if a directory exists or not?

I want to test for /z and if it does not exist creat it.

Thanks,

Michael42

 

[vgersh99]

man test

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[olded]

Michael:

the unix mkdir command has a -p option that will create all the directories if they don't already exist. That's probably just as efficient as checking if the directory already exists.

Regards,


Ed

 

[cndcadams]

you could use the find command

ex..

find / -name "dirname or filename" -print

this says find from the root directory down, any file or directory with the name you give and print to the screen.
this will give you the full path.

hope this helps

CA

 

[Michael42]

Thanks all - great suggestions!

Thanks,

Michael42

 

[clonny2]

DIR=/path_to_dir

if [ -d $DIR ]; then echo "Is a Dir"; fi

or use [ -e ] for exists



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