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List:       autoconf
Subject:    Re: EXEEXT: `cc -o' (Was: AC_CYGWIN etc.)
From:       Alexandre Oliva <oliva () lsd ! ic ! unicamp ! br>
Date:       2000-12-16 14:53:56
Message-ID: orae9wwh6j.fsf () guarana ! lsd ! ic ! unicamp ! br
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I thought I had sent this before, but I'm not sure I did...  Sorry if
it's a duplicate.

On Dec 15, 2000, Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> wrote:

> +if ls a.* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> +  rm -rf conftestdir
> +  mkdir conftestdir
> +  mv a.* conftestdir
> +fi
[snip]
> +if test -d conftestdir; then
> +  mv conftestdir/* .
> +  rm -rf conftestdir
> +fi

Note that if conftestdir exists in the beginning and there aren't any
a.* files in the current directory, you'll end up moving the contents
of conftestdir to the current directory at the end.  Better rm -rf it
up-front, unconditionally.

-- 
Alexandre Oliva   Enjoy Guarana', see http://www.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
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CS PhD student at IC-Unicamp        oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
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