--- Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 20/11/2007, Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a problem running echo inside Makefile.
> > Here is the Makefile:
> > all:
> > @echo "string"
> > @echo -e -n "string"
You could try to use printf instead of echo.
Valery
> >
> > The output is:
> > string
> > -e -n string
> >
> > The problem is the second @echo command. It prints
> '-e -n' instead of
> > interpreting those options.
> > I have tested it on other comps and it works fine,
> so its an environment
> > problem in my comp.
> > What var or file determine this behavior?
>
> It mostly depends on which shell is used. "echo" is
> a built-in command
> in many shells as well as there are stand-alone
> implementations
> (usually under /bin). And many of the different
> versions use different
> options.
> Do you use autoconf or do you write the Makefile
> directly? I'm pretty
> sure autoconf can interrogate the system and find
> the right
> combination of echo and flags for your needs (but I
> never got around
> to use it properly).
>
> --Amos
>
>
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