Re: a question concerning make and the shell

2012-09-12 Thread Todd T. Fries
todd@leveno/q2 ~?3$ # $(echo hi > /dev/tty) todd@leveno/q2 ~?4$ I can't say as though I am aware of anything that can be done after a # that starts the line on the shell. As a corilary, ':' is different: todd@leveno/q2 ~?4$ : $(echo hi > /dev/tty) hi todd@leveno/q2 ~?5$ Penned by Marc Espie

Re: a question concerning make and the shell

2012-09-12 Thread Alexander Hall
On 09/12/12 17:48, Marc Espie wrote: Consider the common makefile idiom: a: # cmd that builds a @cmd The # line is actually a comment for the shell, that will be echo'd, and then passed to a new shell... which does nothing with it. I'm wondering if there are any ways (possibly

a question concerning make and the shell

2012-09-12 Thread Marc Espie
Consider the common makefile idiom: a: # cmd that builds a @cmd The # line is actually a comment for the shell, that will be echo'd, and then passed to a new shell... which does nothing with it. I'm wondering if there are any ways (possibly using \ or stuff like that) that there