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RE: why isn't command expansion deferred?? (stupid question probably)
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Mark Galeck (CW) |
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RE: why isn't command expansion deferred?? (stupid question probably) |
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Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:04:52 -0800 |
I see, thank you for explaining! How does your server know I reply to an
"unrelated thread", when I change the subject line??
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The expansion of variables and functions in a recipe is deferred...
until the recipe is invoked. The entire recipe, including all lines, is
expanded when make decides to run the rule.
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To do things like this you need to use shell commands, not make
commands.