On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Paul Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1. If the file $@ exists before the command is invoked, then the
> first version will append the new content to the
> already-existing content... this is probably not what you want
> in this situation. The second version will always recreate the
> file from scratch.
>
You can also use scopes to redirect multiple commands while only opening the
output file a single time:
xyz:
{ \
echo foo; \
echo bar; \
...; \
} > $@
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----- stephan beal
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