>>>>> "Michael" == Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Odd. $$PWD works for me but $PWD doesn't. Is this using fink's make?
Michael> Anyhow, both are dodgy. I just wanted something to make it absolute. $(PWD)
Michael> seems better. I'll switch it to that.
The difference would be that $(PWD) will insert the PWD variable
or PWD envar known to Make, while $$PWD will defer that to the
shell as $PWD. You'd see the difference in:
cd /etc; echo $(PWD)
vs
cd /etc; echo $$PWD
Which one is right? Depends on what you needed it for.
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