From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: make
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:50:45 +0200
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Default wrote:
> 
> I am using make to compile embedded code for an HC16, so I am not using
> DJGPP.  I am wondering if there is a way to check if a file exists from
> within make.

If you really need that, you could use the function $(wildcard) and see if it
returns an empty list.

> I want to delete the listing and absolute listing file
> each time I recreate the object file.  I suppose that I could just do it
> manually everytime or just automatically delete them within the target.

Why cannot you delete it unconditionally?  If it doesn't exist, deleting it
won't do any harm, right?