create dir in makefile

[rotis23]

hi,

i'm writing a makefile and i want to create directories in the install option.

i've tried using mkdir to no avail.

i read about using install() to do this but i cannot find any examples.
any ideas?

TIA, rotis23

[starX]

mkdir to no avail? That seems a bit odd to me... what kind of errors is it giving you when you try using this? My first thought is to check your permissions to make sure that if you are creating directories in a root-owned directory, make sure you are running as root.

But mkdir does work in makefiles, I promise (Well, in GNU make anyway).

starX
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[rotis23]

sorry, i'll eat my hat!

I rewrote this section and it seems to work now!

i think it was a tab error - unexpected end of file etc

[rotis23]

hey starx,

look at this makefile code:

install: myprog
	@if [ -d $(INSTDIR) ]; \
	then \
		cp myprog $(INSTDIR);\
		chmod a+x $(INSTDIR)/myprog;\
		chmod og-w $(INSTDIR)/myprog;\
		cp myprog.conf $(INSTDIR);\
		mkdir $(INSTDIR)/DNS;\
		mkdir $(INSTDIR)/ICMP;\
		mkdir $(INSTDIR/SNMP;\
		chown -R user1.user1 $(INSTDIR);\
		echo "Installed in $(INSTDIR)";\
	else \
		echo "Sorry, $(INSTDIR) does not exist";\
	fi

if i only have two mkdirs, 'make install' works.

if i add the third, as in this example, i get:

syntax error: unexpected end of file

i have tabs and not spaces!!!

any ideas?

[starX]

mkdir $(INSTDIR/SNMP;\

shouldn't this be:

mkdir $(INSTDIR)/SNMP;\

?

starX
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[rotis23]

yeah, obviously.....



...it was just a test.


honestly!