"Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 11 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Um... wha? <smile> > Of course the POSIX standard defines the syntax of makefiles in a > non-ambiguous way--that's what it's for. > sa> Is a single leading TAB character mandatory, or can there be > sa> multiple TAB characters before the beginning of the actual command > sa> for 'make' to spawn? > > It's required to have a TAB as the first character. Everything after > the first character is considered part of the command script. So, if > you have >1 TAB the second and subsequent ones are included as part of > the command that make executes. Thanks very much. Just to satisfy your apparent bewilderment at the question, I came across a tool that generates Makefiles from templates, and these templates (and the Makefiles they generate) have doubled TAB chars. In corresponding with the maintainer this question was raised and I needed to have the precise answer you have provided in order to successfully (as it turns out) argue the case for him to change this. Soren A -- Just say NO to YAHAAPs! (http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm= Xns92991EB1F396ngrATT586ID%40204.127.36.1) _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
