Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 06:19:00 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OK, here it is! [was Re: Whoops! That was a mite premature..] Message-ID: <199606222019.GAA10843@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >What's wrong with `cd ${.OBJDIR}'?
>>
>> To begin with, it's a syntax error. Shell identifiers can't begin with
>> a `.'.
>Huh? Make defines this and expands it before the shell ever gets to
>it.
We're talking about replacing `cd obj' and `ls obj/' with `cd someplace'
and `ls someplace'. Only make really knows where the object directory
is, so it should tell you if you invoke it with some option.
Bruce
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