Hi, >From automake doc:
,----- | The '--add-missing' argument copies some boilerplate files from | your Automake installation into the current directory and the | '--copy' argument copies files instead of linking to them. `----- However, why I can't make it work: rm ./NEWS ./README ./AUTHORS ./ChangeLog $ automake --add-missing --copy Makefile.am: required file `./NEWS' not found Makefile.am: required file `./README' not found Makefile.am: required file `./AUTHORS' not found Makefile.am: required file `./ChangeLog' not found $ automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing Makefile.am: required file `./NEWS' not found Makefile.am: required file `./README' not found Makefile.am: required file `./AUTHORS' not found Makefile.am: required file `./ChangeLog' not found $ ls ./NEWS ./README ./AUTHORS ./ChangeLog ls: cannot access ./NEWS: No such file or directory ls: cannot access ./README: No such file or directory ls: cannot access ./AUTHORS: No such file or directory ls: cannot access ./ChangeLog: No such file or directory please help. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hl7ec9$4g...@ger.gmane.org