"nmkdir" in the Bourne shell at a Unix machine near you.
Ephrayim J. Naiman
naiman at pegasus.UUCP
Mon Sep 2 12:22:47 AEST 1985
<munch, munch>
> if cd $d
> then : ok, go on
> else
> echo "Error, can't chdir to $d in dirpath $arg"
> exit 1
> fi
I think in the bourne shell a bad cd will terminate the shell script
no matter what its return code. Therefore, as soon as a bad cd occurs,
termination before any test.
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