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how to check for file existence in a makefile?
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Robert P. J. Day |
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how to check for file existence in a makefile? |
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Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:35:00 -0500 (EST) |
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Alpine 1.00 (LFD 882 2007-12-20) |
what is the standard way to check for file existence in a makefile
and bail if it doesn't exist? personally, i use:
$(if $(wildcard <file>),,$(error "<file> is missing, bye bye."))
is there a better or more popular way?
rday
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