Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Bash scripting 2

2005-11-11 Thread Alexander Skwar
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 "[[". > Overw

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Bash scripting 2

2005-11-11 Thread Renat Golubchyk
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:57:40 +0100 Peper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > How can i check whether i can create or overwrite a file? > > For example: > If /etc/conf.d/net cannot be overwritten or created it return false. > > Overwriting test would be -w /etc/conf.d/net, but how can i check if

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Bash scripting 2

2005-11-11 Thread Peter De Zutter
Hi, you can check if the directory containing the file is writable, if it isn't then you can't create a file. Greetz Peter On 11/11/05, Peper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello,How can i check whether i can create or overwrite a file?For example:If /etc/conf.d/net cannot be overwritten or created it