From: Bobby F. <ba...@ba...> - 2004-08-09 00:34:40
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aj wrote: > At 12:16 PM 8/08/2004, you wrote: > >> Evert Glebbeek wrote: >> >>> We should really have a way to solve this for all systems. For Unix >>> systems, Sam's solution will work, but it won't work on Windows. >>> The problem is that failing to create the directory because it >>> already exists shouldn't break the buildprocess. >> >> >> FYI, in Windows/DOS you could do: >> if not exist $(DIR) mkdir $(DIR) >> That way, mkdir will only run if $(DIR) doesn't exist. Although, >> AFAIK there's no way to tell if it's a file or directory that way. > > > > i could write a very simple app that could return true/false if the > folder exists. > could it be called from a makefile ? yes |