[Novices] If / then in a makefile?

[Bruce Smith]

> #!/bin/bash
> make &> /dev/null  # <-- attempt a compile, hiding errors
> if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then   # try this instead.


> When I do this:
> [steve at rosie test]$ make andrun
> it gets through the compile, but chokes on the if / then.  Is there a 
> way to get make to interpret the if / then statement correctly?  Or can 
> it somehow be passed out to bash and interpreted there?  Or am I wasting 
> my time altogether and there's a better way to do it that I just haven't 
> read about?  :)

You might want to redirect the output & errors of the make command to a
temporary file instead of rerunning make.  That way you only have to
look at the output, and it's there in case you want to look at the
output from a successful compile.  Plus it's faster/more-efficient.

 - BS