Testing for a folder
 

I want to write a BASH script which can detect if a folder exists on the disk.

What command do I use?

Thanks for your help.

Ian

if [ -d /where/ever ]
...
fi

Thanks, That gets me going.

Actually, I need to mkdir if the folder does not exist (which I realize is not what I asked for) and I find that I have to say
if [ -d $folder ]; then
nothing=1
else
mkdir $folder
fi

I know that you will be able to tell me a more elegant way to do this than having a dummy assignment statement.

Ian
:newbie:

[ -d /where/ever ] || mkdir /where/ever

A slightly concise solution...

mine's conciserer. i could say [ ! -d /where/ever ] && mkdir /where/ever but that uses two more characters!

Great!

Elegant!

Works!