# if explictly asked for or it doesn't exist then setup the
# directory structure that Eric likes to manage things
$NEW="1";
- if ( "$NEW" || ! -f ${CATOP}/serial ) {
+ if ( "$NEW" || ! -f "${CATOP}/serial" ) {
# create the directory hierarchy
mkdir $CATOP, $DIRMODE;
mkdir "${CATOP}/certs", $DIRMODE;