Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Bash scripting 2

[Renat Golubchyk]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:57:40 +0100 Peper <peper@×××××.pl> wrote:
> Hello,
> How can i check whether i can create or overwrite a file?
>
> For example:
> If /etc/conf.d/net cannot be overwritten or created it return false.
>
> Overwriting test would be -w /etc/conf.d/net, but how can i check if
> i can create this file? I could check whether i can create new files
> in /etc/conf.d, but how can i get /etc/conf.d/ from /etc/conf.d/net ?

$ dirname /etc/conf.d/net
/etc/conf.d


Cheers,
Renat

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