-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Brendan Heading wrote: > Another quick question. Does anyone know a way in GNU Make to filter off > the first instance only of a given string. > For example, at the moment I'm doing > $(subst lib,,libfoo.a) > which gives me "foo.a". However if I do : > $(subst lib,,libbarlib.a) > this also gives me "bar.a" even though what I need is "barlib.a".
Use patsubst: $(patsubst lib%,%,libbarlib.a) will give the result you are looking for. John. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFuhYDLphrp73n/hARAixtAJ4/AJ3wLNzwP/t/xyHHraW+npKrbACgmW77 pAzeXnU4Rzcz87WGcx150a4= =uIO5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
