On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 07:50 +0100, Tim Murphy wrote: > $(shell cat filename) is also often used to read files into variables. > > There isn't much reason why $(file <) shouldn't read a file though is > there? It would have the additional benefit of being platform > independent.
This would not be difficult. There is one question to be answered: should the results of reading a file be verbatim (including newlines)? or should it be condensed, like the output of the $(shell ...) function, where newlines are converted to spaces? _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
