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From: jwp@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: a Make question
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Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 20:20:34 EST
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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, so the 'cd' command sees an argument of "ir".  I tried
escaping the $ preceding dir, to no avail.  Can anybody make the
above loop work, or suggest a better way?  Thanks!

	Jeff
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