On 5/18/2015 11:46 PM, interest-requ...@qt-project.org wrote: >> Can someone explain why the following line in a .pro file fails to >> >create a softlink: >> > >> >system(ln -s /home/marchand/test.xml /home/marchand/test2.xml) >> > >> >but when the output is stored in a variable, the link is created as >> >expected: >> > >> >THROW_AWAY_VAR=$$system(ln -s /home/marchand/test.xml >> >/home/marchand/test2.xml) >> > >> >This is using qmake bundled with Qt 5.4.1. > Perhaps it quotes the latter for you but expects the first to be quoted? : > > system("ln -s /home/marchand/test.xml /home/marchand/test2.xml") Unfortunately no. Tried that and still no luck without the variable assignment.
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