From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta08-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.48] helo=mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FXRDc-00024f-00 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 19:08:48 -0400 Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with ESMTP id <20060422230817.IHSF29040.mtaout02-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:08:17 +0100 Received: from sparky ([86.20.72.172]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com with SMTP id <20060422230817.LNEN19763.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@sparky> for ; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:08:17 +0100 Message-ID: <002a01c66661$a661dc90$1d02a8c0@sparky> From: "Chris Norman" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <005f01c6663e$e093dcb0$1d02a8c0@sparky> <20060422230352.GC2429@genaj.plus.com> Subject: Re: IF Help Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 00:08:19 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:08:48 -0000 Cheers. Chris Norman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Joyce" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 12:03 AM Subject: Re: IF Help > Hi > > As it is bash scripting, just type at your prompt "help if". Looks like > we're on our own in trying to do these little jobs. > > Gena > On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 07:59:24PM +0100, Chris Norman wrote: >> Hi people, >> I want to use the if command, but can't find any manual page for it. >> >> I want to use it to run a command, and at present, I have: >> >> if date -r $file +%V -lt $number; then >> #statements >> fi >> >> But it won't work. >> >> $file is a filename. How do I do this? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Chris Norman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > ---end quoted text--- > > -- > 2E0AXU > > Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup