Re: How do I check if a directory exists?

[Noel Yap]

Eric Hanchrow wrote:
> I'd amend that a little, like so:
> 
>         target:
>                 -$(MAKE) -C my_dir
> 
> Here's what I changed:
> 
> * I didn't make `target' depend on a file named Makefile, since I'm
>   not certain that such a file actually exists (perhaps you named it
>   `foo.mk').

FYI, this command will only work if the makefile has a known name (eg Makefile, 
makefile, or GNUmakefile).  It will not work if the makefile's name is foo.mk.

> * I put a dash in front of the command, so that if it fails (because
>   the directory doesn't exist, for example) your top-level make will
>   *not* fail -- I suspect this is what you want.

I would think one would want the build to fail if one of the submakes fail.

Noel
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