Portable makefile creation of directories

Question

I\'m looking to save myself some effort further down the line by making a fairly generic makefile that will put together relatively simple C++ projects for me with minimal m

Answer 1

I solved the portability problem by creating a Python script called mkdir.py and calling it from the Makefile. A limitation is that Python must be installed, but this is most likely true for any version of UNIX.

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Cross-platform mkdir command.

import os
import sys

if __name__=='__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
        sys.exit('usage: mkdir.py ')
    directory = sys.argv[1]
    try:
        os.makedirs(directory)
    except OSError:
        pass