On Thursday, January 21, 2010, John Calcote wrote: > On 1/21/2010 4:38 PM, David Byron wrote: > > Let's say I have a header file named foo.h that contains: > > > > #define FOO an_interesting_value > > > > (I think) I'm looking for a macro like this: > > > > AC_GET_VALUE([foo.h],[FOO]) > > > > that populates ac_cv_value_of_FOO with an_interesting_value > > > > This is totally not portable, but... > > $ cpp -dM foo.h | grep FOO > #define FOO an_interesting_value Good idea. Replace cpp -dM with $CPP $CPPFLAGS and I'm getting close. Also starting to convince myself I'm barking up the wrong tree... Thanks. -DB _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf