%% Jonathan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jw> Basicly, I have a string (called INCLUDES) thats been set to something jw> like this: jw> -I../../x -I../../y and so on. jw> I need to convert it to --include-dir=../../x --include-dir=../../y jw> It should work regardless of the number of different paths in the string. jw> I am guessing that something like sed might work but I dont know the jw> first thing about sed. jw> Anyone got any ideas what to do here?
If you're using GNU make there are many ways. Check the manual. You can just use pattern substitution; something like this is the simplest: NEWINCLUDES = $(INCLUDES:-I%=--include-dir=%) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT: HA Software Mthds & Tools "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
