Re: Check for existence (style question)

Janis Papanagnou <Janis_Papanag...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
RonaldOttoValentinFischer wrote:
...

   if  ls mydir/*abc*   >/dev/null 2>&1
   then
       echo yes
   fi

This would fail on the Unices that have an ls(1) that does
not return non-zero return codes for nonexistent files/
directories; i.e. SunOS4 and others.

   set - mydir/*abc*
   [ -f "$1" ] && echo Yes

This is not a determinate test. If there is a file named
"*abc*", this test will also fail.

=Brian
.

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