question-- Bourne (and C) SHELL

[chris]

> 
> Correct me if I'm missing something.  What's wrong with:
> 
> 	ls foo
> 	if [ $? != 0 ]; then
> 		echo foo does not exist
> 	fi
> -- 
> 
> Steve Alesch	AT&T
> (312)510-7881, ...!ihnp4!ih1ap!sja


It should be:

	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

  '!=' is used to compare strings, -ne and family, integers...  :-)


  Chris
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