[ale] bash script

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"David S. Jackson" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want a script to check for the existence of a symlink.  The
> symlink can be either $blackboxdir/styles -> $blackboxdir/Styles or
> $blackboxdir/Styles -> $blackboxdir/styles.  It doesn't matter,
> as long as both directories exist as either directory or symlink.
> 
> Will this work?
> 
> # if no symlink exists, create it.  Is syntax right?
> if [ ! \(-L $blackboxdir/styles\) || \(-L $blackboxdir/Styles\) ]; then
>   # create the symlink blah blah
> else echo "Great!  You've already got the symlinks!"
> fi

What about:

if [ ! -L $blackboxdir/[sS]tyles ]; then

	# create sym
else
	echo symlink exists..
fi

> 
> TIA!
> 
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