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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: if construct doesn't work in makefile
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:02:25 -0000
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Gerrit P. Haase
> Sent: 11 November 2004 11:32

> 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.

  There's nothing wrong with the command syntax in general.  The problem is that
in bash, you can't put a space between the VARIABLE and the = sign, or bash
thinks it's an executable to search the $PATH for instead of a variable to
assign to.


dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> unset FRED
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED=yes; else FRED=no; fi
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> echo ${FRED}
yes
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> unset FRED
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED = yes; else FRED = no; fi
bash: FRED: command not found
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED =yes; else FRED =no; fi
bash: FRED: command not found
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED=yes; else FRED =no; fi
dk AT mace /tmp/bgcc>



    cheers, 
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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