bash: working with directories
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Sample code: check if directory exists, if not, create it. Check if the directory is writable.
if test ! -d "$MYDIR"
then
mkdir "$MYDIR"
elif test ! -w "$MYDIR"
then
echo "$MYDIR exists but is not writable."
exit 3
fi