Peper schrieb:
> Hello,
> How can i check whether i can create or overwrite a file?
You need write access on the directory for creating files and
on the file for overwriting.
> For example:
> If /etc/conf.d/net cannot be overwritten or created it return false.
Use "test" or "[" or "[[".
> Overwriting test would be -w /etc/conf.d/net,
Yep.
> but how can i check if i can
> create this file?
[[ -w `dirname /etc/conf.d/net` ]] && echo can create file
> I could check whether i can create new files
> in /etc/conf.d,
Yep.
> but how can i get /etc/conf.d/ from /etc/conf.d/net ?
dirname. Or if you've got that in an environment variable,
you use "Parameter Expansion".
file=/etc/conf.d/net
echo ${file%/*}
Alexander Skwar
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