I want to verify that a program is in the path, and error if it isn't. If it is, I'd like the value of the MKAFSVOL variable to make it into the config.h file that gets written for other stuff. How do I properly put that value into the file? This is how I'm currently checking for the program in configure.in: AC_PATH_PROG(MKAFSVOL, mkafsvol, , /afs/@cell/common/etc:$PATH) if test "x$MKAFSVOL" = "x"; then AC_MSG_ERROR([This program requires that mkafsvol be available]) fi