Thanks Clark for the reply. 'count' is set by shell before doing make. like root> count=0
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Clark J. Wang <dearv...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 6:17 PM, ali hagigat <hagigat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> How can i specify a multi line shell instruction as a recipe? The >> following returns an error: >> >> makefile27: >> e14: >> @echo var1=$(var1) >> >> makefile25: >> include makefile27 >> e12: >> @echo insidee12 >> makefile27: e13 >> if ( test $$count -eq 0) then echo "all: ;echo ppp" > >> makefile27;count=1;fi > > When you test $count it's not assigned with a value yet. > >> >> e13: ; >> >> make -f makefile25 >> if ( test $count -eq 0) then echo "all: ;echo ppp" > makefile27;count=1;fi >> /bin/sh: line 0: test: -eq: unary operator expected >> var1= >> >> Why it complains about needing a unary operator? >> > > -- > Clark J. Wang > >
