On 4/25/2019 12:11 PM, Peter Palaparthy wrote:
Cygwin bash script is removing equals sign from command call. How do I
escape it so that = is sent to command?
I tried different things like escaping = with \ and enclosing it with ""
and '' but none of them worked.
*Here is the relevant command in my makefile.*
*$(elabcmd) = $(XELAB_DEFAULT) \-generic VERSION=10*
*compile:$(elabcmd)*
*Here is the result:*
cygwin prompt:> make compile
*Running: xelab.exe -generic VERSION 10*
*(note that the equal sign is not there)*
I want
*xelab.exe -generic VERSION=10*
- I am not sure you need the \ on the -
- I wonder about the $(elabcmd) = ... My expectation would
be elabcmd = ...
- compile: ... is giving a dependency. It seems you want a rule.
In make, this would look more like:
compile: xelab.exe
xelab.exe -generic VERSION=10
Making this more parameterized:
elabcmd = xelab.exe -generic VERSION=10
compile: xelab.exe
$(elabcmd)
(Note: There is a TAB (not space), before that last $(elabcmd).)
Anyway, while I am happy to help a little, this is a generic Make question,
not specific to Cygwin ...
EM
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