[K12OSN] OT: bash scripting - check for permissions, check for existence of file in directory tree

Rob Owens rob.owens at biochemfluidics.com
Tue Sep 23 19:06:38 UTC 2008


I know there are a lot of seasoned bash scripters on this list, so here
goes.

1) I need to check if the user running the script has sufficient
permissions to write to a certain directory.

2) I need to check for the existence of a file somewhere in a directory
tree (with lots of subdirectories).

I can think of some rather convoluted ways of achieving these two tasks,
but I'm sure somebody here knows a better way.  Thanks in advance for
your suggestions.

-Rob
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