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From: anamaria%saffron.wpd@sgi.com (Ana Maria De Alvare')
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: cd problem
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Date: 9 Aug 90 16:35:54 GMT
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To answer your mail:
	Date: Wed, 8 Aug 90 12:14:46 EDT
	From: "Ian! D. Allen [CGL]" <idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
	Message-Id: <9008081614.AA11112@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
	To: anamaria%saffron.wpd@sgi.com
	Subject: Re: cd problem
	
	And how do you know that you have *permission* to cd into the directory?
	Knowing that it is a directory isn't enough.
	
	


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To know if you have access use the expression flags in the CSH manual
pages.

For example to know if you have read access and the directory exist do:

if (-d directoryname) then
        if (-r directoryname) then 
                ls directoryname
        else
        echo no read access
else 
echo directory does not exist
endif


I hope this helps. 

Ana Maria
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