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ac_prompt_user_no_define

Synopsis

AC_PROMPT_USER_NO_DEFINE(VARIABLENAME,QUESTION,[DEFAULT])

Description

Asks a QUESTION and puts the results in VARIABLENAME with an optional DEFAULT value if the user merely hits return.

Version

1.1 (last modified: 2000-09-20)

Author

Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu>

M4 Source Code

AC_DEFUN([AC_PROMPT_USER_NO_DEFINE],
dnl changequote(<<, >>) dnl
dnl <<
[
if test "x$defaults" = "xno"; then
echo $ac_n "$2 ($3): $ac_c"
read tmpinput
if test "$tmpinput" = "" -a "$3" != ""; then
  tmpinput="$3"
fi
eval $1=\"$tmpinput\"
else
tmpinput="$3"
eval $1=\"$tmpinput\"
fi
]
dnl >>
dnl changequote([, ])
) dnl done AC_PROMPT_USER

Copyright

GNU General Public License with this special exception.