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From: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert)
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Subject: Using sh in makefiles
Message-ID: <1991@dalcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 18:09:28 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 26 18:09:28 1986
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Organization: Marine Ecology Lab.
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Would like advice on how to use shell commands (such as if...) in
makefiles.  I know that it all has to be on one line, but the only way I
can make a command work is through a kludge like:

test:
	echo "if x;then y;fi" | sh

which seems pretty roundabout.  Is this the only way to do it?