On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 01:36:57PM -0400, Paul D. Smith wrote: > %% Ken Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ks> When I want to deal with strings in gmake which may have > ks> whitespace, I generally use $(subst) to replace the whitespace > ks> with some other non-whitespace token which I can parse out at the > ks> last minute just before I need to use it in its original form. > > This is the other option of course. > > The problem is that make won't know about this, so you end up having to > create a lot of temporary files to be sure that the timestamps are > correct.
The above method is the one I apply to strings in general when I must preserve whitespace which includes but isn't exclusive to filenames. I think I understand what you mean about timestamps but could you elaborate? Do you see the problem you mention in the example I sent? Ken Smith > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
