%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
a> This is GNU Make 3.80 on Mac OSX. I'm running into a problem where
a> spaces in a target name within the makefile are causing it to be
a> interpreted as separate targets. Using the typical solution of
a> putting quotes around the path doesn't seem to work within the
a> makefile. Does anyone know of a way to specify that spaces should
a> be treated as part of the path name? Here is the offending line in
a> the makefile: ${ObjD}%.N.cln : %.asm ${ExtraDeps}; ${GenAsmRule}
In general there's really no completely bullet-proof way to use
pathnames with whitespace in them. Your best bet is to avoid them
altogether.
However, in some situations you can escape whitespace with a backslash.
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