Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:25:05 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make(1) substitution question... Message-ID: <199701062025.NAA12384@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701020121.LAA14651@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Jan 2, 97 11:51:15 am
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> Can anyone suggest a way of making this DWIM without involving the shell?
>
> FOO= test
> BAR= FOO
BAR= $(FOO)
>
> target:
> echo ${${BAR}}
echo $(BAR)
?
Otherwise, you need to invoke "eval" (techincally, you wouldn't be
invoking the shell, but the implementation whould actually invoke
it anyway...).
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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