--- Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm compiling embedded environment, and there is a > Makefile in iproute2 an > tc that have this line. > I'm using bash as a shell, also the other comps I > have used. > I have read the echo entry in man bash, but didn't > find nothing of > importance. > What I did found is that my echo version don't > interpret any flags with --. > echo --version > --version > I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 May be your bash for some reason running not it's embedded echo, but external one .
Anyway, what about printf, is it work for you ? Valery. > > Kfir > > On Nov 20, 2007 1:22 PM, Valery Reznic > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > --- Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 20/11/2007, Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem running echo inside Makefile. > > > > Here is the Makefile: > > > > all: > > > > @echo "string" > > > > @echo -e -n "string" > > You could try to use printf instead of echo. > > > > Valery > > > > > > > > > > > > The output is: > > > > string > > > > -e -n string > > > > > > > > The problem is the second @echo command. It > prints > > > '-e -n' instead of > > > > interpreting those options. > > > > I have tested it on other comps and it works > fine, > > > so its an environment > > > > problem in my comp. > > > > What var or file determine this behavior? > > > > > > It mostly depends on which shell is used. "echo" > is > > > a built-in command > > > in many shells as well as there are stand-alone > > > implementations > > > (usually under /bin). And many of the different > > > versions use different > > > options. > > > Do you use autoconf or do you write the Makefile > > > directly? I'm pretty > > > sure autoconf can interrogate the system and > find > > > the right > > > combination of echo and flags for your needs > (but I > > > never got around > > > to use it properly). > > > > > > --Amos > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, > e.g., > > > run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > > with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. > > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > > > > > ================================================================= > > To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., > run the command > > echo unsubscribe | mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
