Re: variables in functions like FileExists

[Ed Brown]

Try it without the quotes around the variable in FileExists.


On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 14:25, Viraj Alankar wrote:
> Hm, I cannot seem to get the below working with v2.1.16a. It only
> works if I don't use a variable in FileExists. Any ideas?
> 
> control:
>   jdk150_home = ( "/usr/local/java/jdk1.5.0_02" )
> 
> classes:
>   have_jdk150 = ( FileExists("${jdk150_home}") )
> 
> 
> On 11/29/05, Mark Burgess <Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no> wrote:
> > It mentions in the docs that you have to use the ${xx} form in
> > functinos. This is a bug really
> >
> > M
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 22:53 -0500, Viraj Alankar wrote:
> > > Is there a way to use variables in functions like FileExists()? For
> > > example, this does not seem to work:
> > >
> > > control:
> > >   jdk150_home = ( "/usr/local/java/jdk1.5.0_02" )
> > >
> > > classes:
> > >   have_jdk150 = ( FileExists("$(jdk150_home)") )
> > >
> > > I would like to avoid duplicating the pathname string, and will be
> > > using this variable elsewhere as well. Is there another way I should
> > > approach this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Viraj.
> > >
> > >
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