Re: Checking if directory is empty in postrm

[jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk (Julian Gilbey)]

> However, a new question arises. Will this work in all cases:
> 
> rmdir $LDIR 2>/dev/null && grep -v $LDIR $LDSOCONF >$tmpfile && mv $tmpfile $LDSOCONF || true
> rm $tempfile   # just in case the mv failed, or grep failed partly
> 
> Or is there any trap door I miss?

What if you have a directory LDIR=/etc/foo/bar but there is another
directory called /etc/foo/barbar in $LDSOCONF?  Maybe you should
change the grep command to:

grep -v "^$LDIR\$" $LDSOCONF

so that you match the entire line.

   Julian

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