IF statement help

[matteo filippetto]

2009/11/11 Oliver Marshall <Oliver.Marshall at g2support.com>

>  Hi chaps,
>
>
>
> Can you help me with an if statement?
>
>
>
> I have the following which checks for the existence of a folder ($1) in two
> locations ($folder1_source and $folder2_source). First it checks in the
> $folder1_source location then in the $ folder2_source location. If it finds
> it in neither then the $folder_source variable remains empty and the script
> quits.
>
>
>
> ****************
>
> folder_source=""
>
> if [ -d /$folder1_source/$1 ]; then
>
>                 folder_source=1
>
> elif [ -d /$folder2_source/$1 ]; then
>
>                 folder_source=2
>
> elif [ $folder_source="" ]; then
>
>     exit
>
> fi
>
> *****************
>
>
>
> I want to add one more check which is that if the directory specified by
> the $1 variable is found in BOTH the /$folder1_source AND /$folder2_source
> locations then I want the script to fail.
>
>
>
> Whats the best way of writing that last elif statement?
>
>
>
> Olly
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Hi,

maybe you can

folder_source=""

if [ -d /$folder1_source/$1 ]; then

                folder_source=1

elif [ -d /$folder2_source/$1 ]; then

                folder_source=2

elif [ $folder_source=""  ] || [ $folder_source="1"  ] && [
$folder_source="2"  ]; then

    exit

fi
Best regards,


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Matteo Filippetto
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