On Monday 19 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT 
>net> 
wrote:
>>        if [`/bin/ls /dumps`]; then   <<<<<----line 173
>
>This can be a bit tricky in portable shell, but maybe this is closer
>to what you want:
>
>if [ `/bin/ls /dumps` != '' ]
>
>Dustin

I'll try that, but IIRC if the dir is empty, ls still returns a linefeed. 
brb.
Nope, tried with !='' and !='\n', with almost the same result, the diff being 
that now the error message on the console is minus the ending ] now.

./flush.sh: line 173: [20091019011512: command not found

I fail to see why bash is looking for that ls return as a command to be 
executed, almost like bash is busted, and its been ages since bash was 
updated.  This script has worked many times since the last time I saw a bash 
update go by.

its enough to make a fellow wish it was beer-thirty and I haven't even 
finished my first cup of tea!

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