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Re: Gnu Make 3.79.1 - gives errors while removing files i.e. using make
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Michael Elizabeth Chastain |
Subject: |
Re: Gnu Make 3.79.1 - gives errors while removing files i.e. using make clean |
Date: |
Sun, 23 May 2004 09:36:02 -0400 (EDT) |
Hi Yashesh,
> My question is why do I get an error when I'm checking to see if the
> file foo1 exists first before calling rm ?
Your command is:
test -e foo1 && rm foo1
The "test" command returns false, so the whole command fails.
You need something like:
if [ test -e foo1 ]; then rm foo1; else true; fi
Michael C
- Re: Gnu Make 3.79.1 - gives errors while removing files i.e. using make clean,
Michael Elizabeth Chastain <=