On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 06:57:33AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
: --- Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > I made an archive file named "configure" that contains
: > a shar archive of the generated files. It runs, recreating
: > the generated files, deletes itself and then runs autoconf.
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NOT PORTABLE.
:
: Not all environments will allow you to delete an open file. A file that
: tries to delete itself will fail on such an environment.
How about mv'ing itself out of the way (to configure.bak or something
similar)?
Lars J
