Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!talcott!panda!teddy!jpn From: jpn@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: a Make question Message-ID: <1519@teddy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 10:03:55 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1519 Posted: Tue Oct 29 10:03:55 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 07:46:46 EST References: <1596@uwmacc.UUCP> Reply-To: jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 12 In article <1596@uwmacc.UUCP> jwp@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes: >Here's a simple makefile: > > DIRS = d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 > depend: ; (for dir in $(DIRS); do (cd $dir; make depend); done) > >The problem with this is that 'make' is interpreting the $d as a null >string, To pass a '$' to a command, double it. i.e. the command line should be: depend: ; (for dir in $(DIRS); do (cd $$dir; make depend); done)