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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 12:31:32 +0100
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To: "Prasad, Kanuparthi" <Kanuparthi DOT Prasad AT teradyne DOT com>
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Subject: Re: if construct doesn't work in makefile
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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
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