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The Bash shell has a builtin test command that can be used to check for multiple aspects in a script. This exercise helps you build a script that checks to see if a file exists and if it does, checks to see if it is writable.
I wrote a script called Compiz-Check over the past weeks that will test if Compiz is able to run on your system/setup.
If not, it will (hopefully) tell you the reason why.