On Fri, 7 Jun 2013, A.P. Horst wrote: > Thanks for all the great input! Seems google isn't always your best friend, at > least not when it comes to autoconf. The solution with the test command is > very elegant and readable. > I ended up using this: > if ! test $var -gt 0 > /dev/null 2>&1; then > <not a positive integer> > fi "if ! test ..." is definitely not portable. > > This works also when something else than a number or nothing at all is given. > > I will try to remember autoconf also eats brackets. > > arie -- Tim Rice Multitalents tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
