Dear all,
I have a problem with using for loop within makefile :(
I am triying to generate a variable size file filled up with dummy data:
forloop = $(shell for (( id=$(1) ; id>$(2) ; id-- )); do printf '\xff' >>
reserved.bin; done)
reserved.bin:
@echo .. Creating $@ file ...
$(shell echo -n > reserved.bin)
$(call forloop, 10, 0)
The result of that is as follow:
Syntax error: Bad for loop variable
gmake: *** [reserved.bin] Error 2
I tired to use following command
for (( id=10 ; id>0 ; id-- )); do printf '\xff' >> reserved.bin; done
directly from bash and it works.
Could you answer where is a mistake?
Best regards
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Mariusz Janczak
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