Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <7D5F213AF1EF264990B7C09ADD1B1CDDB8BF88@cheadle.ds.teradyne.com> From: "Prasad, Kanuparthi" To: "'Gerrit P. Haase'" Cc: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" Subject: RE: if construct doesn't work in makefile Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:54:15 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, I tried, but it doesn't work. I tried using cygwin syntax to access drives. but invain. Also I tried by typing this script at the prompt. but it doesn't work the way it is expected. Should I need to execute it in a separate shell, if so, how is it done. Thanks & Regards, sitaram -----Original Message----- From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:gerrit@familiehaase.de] Sent: 11 November 2004 11:32 To: Prasad, Kanuparthi Cc: 'cygwin@cygwin.com' Subject: Re: if construct doesn't work in makefile Prasad, Kanuparthi wrote: > Hi, > > In my make file I am trying to check whether a directory exists or not > then set a path differently if doesn't exist. > I am using cygwin installed on windows 2000. > The if construct I have is as follows. > > if test [-dc:/tools]; then DRIVE = c:/tools; else DRIVE = c:/altTools; fi > > pls help me out. Try if test [-dc:/tools] ; then DRIVE=c:/tools; else DRIVE=c:/altTools; fi instead, and/or use cygwin syntax to access drives. Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/