Paul, Thanks! I did try escaping before but didn't do it in all parts of Makefile. Thus, it didn't appear to work. After escaping all : in the Makefile, it worked. Glad it's that simple.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Paul Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul D. Smith Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:05 PM To: Asperheim, Eric Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: repost - target with a colon in the name %% "Asperheim, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ae> Is there anyway to have a gmake target with a colon in the name? For ae> example: ae> a.mdb:1 : a.vhdl ae> @ echo $@ ae> I've tried this and gmake doesn't appear to like it. a.mdb\:1 : a.vhdl @echo $@ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
