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RE: why does command echo \\\foobar print \\foobar
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Mark Galeck (CW) |
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RE: why does command echo \\\foobar print \\foobar |
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Sun, 7 Feb 2010 06:24:43 -0800 |
OK, let me make sure I am not confused:
Are you saying that on Unix:
>echo \\\foobar
\foobar
And that is why you expected that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Smith [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:21 AM
To: Mark Galeck (CW)
Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
Subject: RE: why does command echo \\\foobar print \\foobar
On Sun, 2010-02-07 at 06:02 -0800, Mark Galeck (CW) wrote:
> That's the whole point, you said before, it _should_ be \foobar, that
> is what you had "expected", obviously based on some knowledge about
> GNU make's behavior.
No, not "obviously". Please don't leap to conclusions.
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- RE: why does command echo \\\foobar print \\foobar, Paul Smith, 2010/02/07
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