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Old 07-26-2005, 05:37 PM   #1
bokini
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bash/tar

hello
Im doing a script and i have this line:
tar - Pcvz * --file file.tar.gz
OK! my question is that i wanna do this only if my curent directory has files in, otherwise do something else.
Thanks
 
Old 07-26-2005, 05:49 PM   #2
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You can check to see if ls | wc -l is 0.
 
Old 07-30-2005, 04:50 PM   #3
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Code:
if test "./*" = ./*
then
    # directory empty
else
    # got at least one file (not named "*"  :-) )
fi
 
  


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