Re: automake --build-dir

[Bruce Korb]

Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > How about mv'ing itself out of the way (to configure.bak or something
> > similar)?
> >
> 
> Can't do that either.  A mv is a cp && rm.

1.  It is only for developers
2   How about putting at the end:

    ( ( sleep 3 ; rm -f configure ; autoconf ) & )
    exit 0

After 3 seconds, the file ought to have closed :-}
Otherwise, just use another file name and leave the
cruft lying about.