On 10 September 1999, Timothy J Luoma <tjlists(_at_)bigfoot(_dot_)com> wrote:
everyone knows that a non-existent $MAILDIR is not a good thing.
is this an adequate method of protection?
:0w
* ! ? test -d "${MAILDIR}"
{
LOG="
WARNING: no ${MAILDIR} found, will attempt to create
"
:0chi
|mkdir "${MAILDIR}"
:0ecw
{
LOG="
*** CREATION OF $MAILDIR FAILED ***
*** USING $HOME for $MAILDIR ***
"
MAILDIR="${HOME}"
}
}
Not sure if it's adequate, but you probably want to use "mkdir -p"
instead of just "mkdir" (assuming, of course, that your mkdir supports
that).
Regards,
Liviu Daia
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