> > I have a Make variable SRC which points to the base of my source
> > tree. I want to see if a file $(SRC)/new_gcc exists
> > If it exists I would like to set a variable with a different value.
>
> The $(wildcard) built-in function will only return the actual
> filenames that exist that match the supplied patterns, even if an
> argument doesn't have any globbing characters like '*' or '?'. So,
> $(wildcard filename)
> will expand to nothing if 'filename' doesn't exist.
>
>
> Ergo, to do this:
>
> > if no new_gcc
>
> you write this:
> ifeq ($(wildcard ${SRC}/new_gcc),)
Thanks. That did the trick.
-Bill
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