On 1/26/07, Jan Danielsson <jan.m.danielsson@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>    I have a script which contains the line:
>
>    rm -Rf *
>
>    As you might imagine, I'm somewhat afraid that script might run amok.
> It shouldn't, obviously, but Just In Case... Is there any way to
> determine if a "cd" was successful or unsuccessful?
>
>    The script does this:
>
>    cd ~/backup/foo
>    rm -Rf *
>
>    Currently, if the cd-command fails, I will have to kill myself. I
> don't want to do that. If I remember correctly, there's a variable,
> something like $? which gets set to the return code. Is that set for
> internal shell commands as well?
>
>    Or should I use some:
>
>    if [ `pwd` == "~/backup/foo" ] ; then
>       echo "Phew!...
>    fi
>
>    ..instead?

Just
$ cd /nonexistent && echo BAH
ksh: cd: /nonexistent - No such file or directory
$ cd /tmp && echo BAH
BAH



>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Jan Danielsson
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Chavdar