BASH .. if[] not working ..help out!

[pendal]

I have a function that checks to see if a file is open or closed.

function check_file_status {

if  [ -f "$1" ]; then
	LSOF=$(lsof "$1")
else
 	unset LSOF
fi

if [ -n "$LSOF" ] ; then
	echo "open"
else
	echo "closed"
fi
}

I am trying to use that in another function within my bash script.

			if [$(check_file_status "$1$item") == 'open' ]; then
				echo "file is open"					
			else
				echo "$1$item is close"	
			fi

when I run the script though i get the following error

ftp_monitor.sh: line 77: [closed: command not found

if i run with -x i see the following

++ echo closed
+ '[closed' == open ']'
ftp_monitor.sh: line 77: [closed: command not found

i have also tried the following in the if statment

if ["$(check_file_status "$1$item")" == "open" ];

and get the same results.

can anyone shed some light on what's happening?

Thanks for any help

C

[drl]

Hi.

Look carefully at the error message, noting that characters in:

[closed

are all together.

Use whitespace around "[" and "]".

The "[" is actually a command, namely test.

See man bash to learn more ... cheers, drl