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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:18:01 -0700
From: "Coleman Kane" <zombyfork@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: if exists statement
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On 12/18/06, Beech Rintoul <freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to write an if exists for a port makefile.
>
> I tried:
>
> .if exists= ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d
> exit
> else
> ${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d
> .endif
>
> but it doesn't work.
>
> Can someone give me the right syntax?
>
> TIA
>
> Beech
> --


I think you want something like:
.if exists($(PREFIX)/etc/rc.d)

...


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Coleman Kane