On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 16:05 -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > Since there are now a lot of folks watching this list, can anyone > address this problem I asked about a while ago? > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2009-02/msg00033.html > > The posted solution is working, but it isn't working as efficiently as > advertised (i.e, one line at a time instead of in groups per line).
The message originally posted, that you reference, says this: > The MAKE_LONG_LIST function generates a file with all of the contents > of the long MAKE variable, one element per line. So, I think the behavior you're seeing is correct (unless I just don't understand the problem you're describing). If you read the original email you'll see he then uses xargs to group the generated file into multiple files at a time. The "500" in the original message, as I understand it, is NOT the number of elements printed to the same line of the output file. Rather, it's the number of elements that can appear in a single instance of the printf function, internally. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.us "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
