From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 1 17:21:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA06448 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:21:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA06438 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:21:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA14651 for hackers@freebsd.org; Thu, 2 Jan 1997 11:51:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701020121.LAA14651@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: make(1) substitution question... To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 11:51:15 +1030 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Can anyone suggest a way of making this DWIM without involving the shell? FOO= test BAR= FOO target: echo ${${BAR}} -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[