Re: execute command if a dir does not exist

[sharan basappa]

Hi John,

I do not have the luxury of using mkdir command for this.
It is a proprietary tool command that creates a dir. and puts
some information in it. And it does not provide any option to check
if the directory already exists.

At the end of your article I saw "test -d $(@D) || mkdir -p $(@D)" ..

I think if I replace mkdir -p with the tool command, it should solve
my problem.

Thanks ..

> From: John Graham-Cumming <address@hidden>
> Reply-To: address@hidden
> To: sharan basappa <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: execute command if a dir does not exist
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:57:48 +0100
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> sharan basappa wrote:
> > Background : The tool I am using stores its internal information in a
> > directory.
> > The very first time, we are supposed to create this directory using 
> tool's
> > command. But this is only the first time alone.
> >
> > Question : How can I write a rule such that a specific command is
> > executed if
> > a directory does not exist under directory from which make is getting
> > executed.
>
> This topics comes up a lot, I wrote an article summarizing many of the
> options:
>
> http://www.cmcrossroads.com/content/view/6936/120/
>
> John.
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