I have the below script which creates a directory or simply terminates without throwing error (exit 1) incase the directory exists.
bash-4.1$ vi mdir.sh
#!/bin/bash -e
shopt -s expand_aliases
alias mkdir=mkdir_s
mkdir_s(){
if [[ -d $1 ]]; then
echo " directory EXISTS "
return
else
echo " Creating DIRECTORY"
mkdir "$1"
return
fi
}
mkdir /tmp/mohta
It works fine when /tmp/mohta exists but runs in a recursive loop if the directory does not exists.
I understand why it is happening but not sure how to fix this.
Run mkdir with an absolute path.
Of course, if you just want a version of mkdir which doesn't return error when the folder already exists, standard POSIX-compliant mkdir can do that already: mkdir -p
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corona688:
Run mkdir with an absolute path.
Of course, if you just want a version of mkdir which doesn't return error when the folder already exists, standard POSIX-compliant mkdir can do that already: mkdir -p
changing mkdir "$1" to /usr/bin/mkdir "$1" resolves the recursive problem !! Thank you ....
Another working solution might be to change
mkdir "$1"
to
env mkdir "$1"
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