Re: [K12OSN] Re: OT: bash help

["Terrell Prudé Jr." <microman cmosnetworks com>]

Try single quotes and see if that helps out.  I've had similar issues in the past.  Also, you shouldn't need the "" after [Mm]; it's superfluous.

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Peter Hartmann wrote:

Ok so this works in ksh:

if [ ! -d "/home/vpopmail/domains/ascensionschoolnyc.org/"$name"/Maildir/."[Ss][Pp][Aa][Mm]""
];

Why not bash?


Peter

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech gmail com> wrote:
  

I'm trying to test if vpopmail users have a spam folder already, but
 I'd like to make the directory test case insensitive.

 snip:

 if [ ! -d "/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/$name/Maildir/.[Ss][Pp][Aa][Mm]" ];
 then
 echo  not there
 fi

 This way the test fails even if there is a .spam folder.

 Without the quotes the regex is interpreted but when the directory is
 there, I get a 'binary operator expected' error for the 'if' line.


 What am I not getting?

 Thanks,
 Peter

    

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