%% Nestor Amaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: nl> find $(TMPDIR) -name '*~' | while read line; do rm "$line"; done
As Nestor points out, the "$l" in "$line" is expanded by make as the variable "l", which is not defined and so expands to nothing. Whenever shell scripting in make command scripts you _MUST_ remember to escape all "$"'s you want passed to the shell. na> I had the same problem. Do the following: na> find $(TMPDIR) -name '*~' | while read line; do rm "$$line"; done Note that this is not portable shell script syntax. If you want to do it portably you need: find $(TMPDIR) -name '*~' | (while read line; do rm "$$line"; done) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
