%% Regarding details required on wildcard function; you wrote: bg> I am trying to get a list of files required, from a file which bg> contains the root location of the required files. The contents of bg> file can be any thing
bg> 1. absolute location bg> 2. An env variable pointing to the absolute location. bg> When I try to use wildcard function, wildcard gives only the files bg> present in the root location whose absolute location is given, but bg> doesnot list the files at root location obtained from the bg> environment variable. Definitely. And why should it? The wildcard function is a builtin function in GNU make (using the GNU C runtime globbing functions directly). Make does not invoke a shell or anything to handle wildcarding. So, the shell does not expand your environment variables; instead if you had a filename like $ROOT/foodir make looks for path with the literal string '$ROOT/foodir', not whatever $ROOT expands to. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
