RE: Unix script question

Roy,
I would stick with the test commands you are using. One point, the -s tests two condition: does the file exist AND is it > 0 bytes, therefore you will have to break up you test into 2 parts
test -a does the file exist, and then test -s

Regards,
Mike Hand
Polaroid Corp

-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Ferguson [mailto:rferguso_at_level1.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Unix script question

finally...the question...

can a unix scripting guru assist me in the code that checks if a file is a zero
byte file?

thanks in advance...Roy

below is the current portion of the script that checks for errors:

put file1 'file1'
get 'file1' check_file
bye
!EOF
# First if statement will check to see if the check file exists

if test ! -s "check_file"

   then

# if the file does not exist, send the failed message and exit the program

  echo Failed to pull a check file back from the FTP   echodo /usr/ucb/mail -s ftp_of_file1.FAILED `cat $EMAIL/fail.list` < $EMAIL/fail.msg

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