Earl, I'm guessing it's the semicolon. You found the code where the decision is made, what does it say? But... Following your lead, I looked at ps.c. What a mess. CORRECTION: ... I looked at >>> job.c <<<. Look at line 2414. Search for "sh_chars_sh" which is used to inialize "sh_chars" which is tested on line 2569. Why is the semicolon there in your makefile, anyway? Randy At 17:10 2001-06-25, you wrote: >Randall R Schulz wrote: > > That leaves only the question: Why are you asking when you know > > already? > >The makefile: > > all: ; ps > >tells me: > >bash-2.05$ make -f ../foo.mk >ps > PID PPID PGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND > 317 1 317 317 -1 500 14:59:36 /bin/bash > 461 317 461 549 -1 500 14:59:41 /usr/bin/make > 591 461 461 224 -1 500 14:59:41 /bin/sh > 662 591 461 585 -1 500 14:59:41 /usr/bin/ps > >that make is invoking /bin/sh in order to invoke /usr/bin/ps. > >Why isn't make invoking /usr/bin/ps directly? > >Earl -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
