[svn-r11920] Purpose:

improvement.

Description:
Release must be run at the top of the hdf5 source directory.
Added a test to verify this condition at the beginning of the
command.

Platforms tested:
Tested by hand.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index 333c3c6..380c5bf 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ EOF
 
 }
 
+# This command must be run at the top level of the hdf5 source directory.
+# Verify this requirement.
+if [ ! \( -f configure -a -f bin/release \) ]; then
+    echo "$0 must be run at the top level of the hdf5 source directory"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # Defaults
 DEST=releases
 VERS=`perl bin/h5vers`