to check directory permission and owner

From: Chandrakant Reddy (chandrakantreddy_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/28/04

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    Hi
      How do I check whether user's home directory exist or not, & if
    exists then whether it is owned by his uid

    The perl script will have this information :
    username:x:20205:10000:my name :/home/username:/bin/bash

    regards
    CVR

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