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jim mcnamara · May 4th, 2007, 11:24 AM

#Bourne shell
VARIABLE="something"
export VARIABLE
#ksh, zsh, bash
export VARIABLE="something"

OR in a pathname? Do you mean this

if [[ -d /path/one || -d /path/two ]] ; then
  echo "At least one of these two is a valid path"
fi

May 4th, 2007, 11:24 AM	#2
jim mcnamara Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 228 Rep Power: 4	(Toggle Plain Text) #Bourne shell VARIABLE="something" export VARIABLE #ksh, zsh, bash export VARIABLE="something" #Bourne shell VARIABLE="something" export VARIABLE #ksh, zsh, bash export VARIABLE="something" OR in a pathname? Do you mean this (Toggle Plain Text) if [[ -d /path/one \|\| -d /path/two ]] ; then echo "At least one of these two is a valid path" fi if [[ -d /path/one \|\| -d /path/two ]] ; then echo "At least one of these two is a valid path" fi