> is there a way to have automake execute complex commands as tests?  For
> example, currently I use something like:
>
> TESTS = numberAtoms input.sh
>
> But it would be nice to have, for instance, a command with arguments like
>       input.sh a b c
> executed; is that possible, when yes, how?  I've tried quoting so far
> (TESTS = numberAtoms "input.sh a b c") but it doesn't work.

Hi,
        One simple way is to put the invocation commands into a built
shell script for each test:

TESTS = my_test.sh

my_test.sh:
        echo "#!/bin/sh" > $@
        echo "command arg1 arg2 arg3" >> $@
        chmod +x $@

HTH

David




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