Clinton Roy wrote: > > "Dr. David Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > $srcdir, which I assumed refereed to the directory 'src' below the top > > directory of a package, but seems to be undefined when I try to use > > it. Putting 'echo $srcdir' in a test script, just echoes a blank line, > > with no directory information. > > Just to confirm, you've added the script to the automake variable > TESTS and are running the tests by invoking `make check' ?
Yes, I was doing that. > echo $srcdir in my scratch script setup like above does work, for what > it's worth. > > #!/bin/sh > > echo "source dir: $srcdir" > > make check > > ... > > source dir: . > PASS: foo.sh > ================== > All 1 tests passed > ================== I would not work for me, but adding the TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = srcdir=$(srcdir) top_srcdir=$(top_srcdir) to Makefile.am did allow it to work. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Medical Physics, University College London, 11-20 Capper St, London, WC1E 6JA. Tel: 020 7679 6408 Fax: 020 7679 6269 Internal telephone: ext 46408 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
