The check for Rproj files now fixed and works properly.

An answer on stackoverflow provided by the basis for the code.

chertex.sh

@@ -178,11 +178,12 @@ else
          rm * -R # note: hidden files and subdir unaffected
          # Return the stuff we want to keep after wipe-dir
          cp /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/*.Rnw .
-         cp /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/vc .e
+         cp /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/vc .
          cp /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/vc.tex .
          cp /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/vc-git.awk .
-         # Ditto for the stuff that may not always exist...
-         if [ -e *.Rproj ]; then
+         # Return stuff that may not always exist (check first...)
+         Rprojfiles=`ls -1 /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/*.Rproj 2>/dev/null | wc -l`
+         if [ $Rprojfiles != 0 ]; then 
             cp /home/taha/chepec/tmp/$tmpdirname/*.Rproj .
          fi
       fi