> From: "Gary Turner" <g.tur...@paradise.net.nz> > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:41:00 +1300 > > I'm using grep to compile files created by a gui editor. Occasionally a 'bad > thing' gets into the files, and I'd like the compile to fail if that 'bad > thing' is found in the file. By default grep 'fails' on not found, which > would normally stop make. > What I want is something like error if not grep 'bad thing' $< > I'm using cmd.exe.
Does the following work for you? It should work on W2K and later, AFAIK. foo: bar cmd /c "grep BADTHING $< & if not ERRORLEVEL 1 exit 1" _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list Make-w32@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32