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Re: $srcdir


> But if I echo either $top_srcdir or $top_builddir, in the file
> tests/foo.test, they are both null, so I can't seem to find a way of
> referring to any files. 

AC_OUTPUT your test scripts using foo.in -> foo rules, and include lines
like:

 top_srdir= at top_srcdir@

in them.

Either that, or AC_OUTPUT a vbls.conf.in -> vbls.conf file which does this
and "source" this file in from your scripts.

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