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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T16:10:49+00:00 2026-05-10T16:10:49+00:00

I need to generate a directory in my makefile and I would like to

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I need to generate a directory in my makefile and I would like to not get the ‘directory already exists error’ over and over even though I can easily ignore it.

I mainly use mingw/msys but would like something that works across other shells/systems too.

I tried this but it didn’t work, any ideas?

ifeq (,$(findstring $(OBJDIR),$(wildcard $(OBJDIR) ))) -mkdir $(OBJDIR) endif 
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  1. 2026-05-10T16:10:49+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 4:10 pm

    On UNIX Just use this:

    mkdir -p $(OBJDIR) 

    The -p option to mkdir prevents the error message if the directory exists.

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