Re: Unix script question

"Hand, Michael T" wrote:
>
> 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-----
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:48 PM
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>
> 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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