> -----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.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> unset FRED
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED=yes; else FRED=no;
fi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> echo ${FRED}
yes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> unset FRED
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED = yes; else FRED =
no; fi
bash: FRED: command not found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED =yes; else FRED
=no; fi
bash: FRED: command not found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc> if test [-dc:/baar]; then FRED=yes; else FRED =no;
fi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp/bgcc>
cheers,
DaveK
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