How do I check for the existence of a program

Derek Teaney <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:10:46 -0500 (EST)

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.tools.aap.user
Message-ID	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0511151655190.24026-100000@tonic.physics.sunysb.edu>

Hi,

Newbie question.  I am starting to like aap a lot since one can do
anything that make can do.  I would like (like one does in configure) to
check for the existence of a program, 

gsl-config

How does one go about this? Or does one do it with 
python?

Thanks,
Derek

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