Re: debugging help

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)" <address@hidden> writes:

  pb> I am getting an error:
  pb> sh: Syntax error at line 1 : `then' is not matched.

That means there's no "fi" matching the "then".

  pb> make: *** [real_clean+lbf+bfpdlxml+pub+EB.msg] Error 2

  pb> When I use warning I get :
  pb> make.clean:120: real_clean+lbf+bfpdlxml+pub+EB.msg :
  pb>   @echo "deleting real_clean+lbf+bfpdlxml+pub+EB.msg" ; \
  pb>   if [ EB.msg = extra ] ; then \
  pb>     cd v0608/SOURCE_TREE/lbf/bfpdlxml ; \
  pb>   else \
  pb>     cd v0608/SOURCE_TREE/lbf/bfpdlxml/pub ; \
  pb>   fi ; \
  pb>   if [ -f EB.msg ] ; then \
  pb>     /makefile_test/bin/exec_log -log \
  pb>      /makefile_test/dev/bp1497/v0608/log.2017123219 \
  pb>      -proj lbf -bb bfpdlxml /usr/bin/rm \
  pb>      -f  EB.msg || exit $$? \
                                ^^^
You need a semicolon here.  Right now the next fi:

  pb>   fi

is being attached to the previous line so it's:

    ... -f EB.msg || exit $? fi

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