why is this script failing?

Reid Linnemann lreid at cs.okstate.edu
Mon Jul 14 20:21:30 UTC 2008


Written by Gary Kline on 07/14/08 15:12>>
> 	people,
> 
> 	for reasons i don't understand completely, i wind up with
> 	*wav* files in my /tmp/kde-kline/* directory. plus othr misc junk
> 	files.
> 
> 	why is this script not finding them?
> 
> 
> wav=/tmp/kde-kline/\*wav\*
> 
> if [ -s $wav ]
> then
>         echo "Wav files found";
>         ls -l $wav;
> 
>         /bin/rm ${wav};
> else
>         echo "No wav files in /tmp/kde-kline";
>         exit 0;
> 
> fi
> 
> 	do i have to cd to /tmp/kde-kline and examine every file in a
> 	loop?
> 
> 	tia,
> 
> 	gary
> 
> 

Could you give a listing of files you expect to be found and deleted by
this script?


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