Thanks for your help Paul - this solution worked for me. Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:29 PM Subject: Re: Is error suppression possible for ignored errors? > %% "Steve Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > sc> %.obj : ../%.c > sc> -@ chmod -f +w $@ > > sc> Adding the "-" before the @ allowed gmake to continue, however now I am > sc> getting an error message from gmake: > > sc> gmake[1]: [hostio.obj] Error 1 (ignored) > > sc> Is there a way to prevent this ignored error message from printing out? > > Just run a different command that succeeds: > > %.obj : ../%.c > @ chmod -f +w $@ || true > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: > http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org > "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
