On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Mark Riehl wrote:
> Guys,
> ...
> Here's my target:
>
> .PHONY: backup
> backup: *.C *.h *.pl Makefile \
> @file=`date +%y-%m-%d.%H.%M`.tgz ; \
> echo Making backup $$file ; \
> tar -cvzf ./$$file $^; \
> rm -f current.tgz ; \
> ln -s $$file current.tgz
>
> When I run this, I get the following error:
>
> sarnoff:~/iote/current 90> make backup
> make: *** No rule to make target `file=`date', needed by `backup'.
> Stop.
>
> Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
> Thanks,
> Mark
I'm not an expert, but try this:
.PHONY: backup
backup: *.C *.h *.pl Makefile
@file=`date +%y-%m-%d.%H.%M`.tgz ; \
echo Making backup $$file ; \
tar -cvzf ./$$file $^; \
rm -f current.tgz ; \
ln -s $$file current.tgz
and, better, delete all "; \" pairs at the end of the lines.
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