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From: rodney@tyrell.stgt.sub.org (Rodney Volz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: How do I tell when a directory is empty in a script?
Message-ID: <128037@tyrell.stgt.sub.org>
Date: 21 Apr 91 20:51:48 GMT
References: <900@homer.UUCP> <1991Apr15.180550.14750@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <1991Apr18.054735.6733@metapro.DIALix.oz.au>
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In article <1991Apr18.054735.6733@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> bernie@metapro.DIALix.oz.au (Bernd Felsche) writes:
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>rmdir $dir && mkdir $dir || echo $dir not empty 1>&2

What about permissions?

-Rodney
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