Re: variables in functions like FileExists

[Paul Krizak]

Does FileExists have the limitation of only accepting full paths?  If 
that's the case, you may need to prepend the variable with a "/", i.e.

have_jdk150 = ( FileExists("/${jdk150_home}") )

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Ed Brown wrote:
> 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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