Ken Yap wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >Can't seem to get this right. I have a Makefile with:
> >
> >install:
> > cp backup $HOME/bin
> > @echo 'Setting executable status...'
> > chmod 750 $HOME/bin/backup
> >
> >I don't want to use /home/mikel/bin as then the Makefile is
> >not generic.
> >Whats the really simple stuff I have forgotten. (man make
> >says nothing about using environment vars inside Makefile)
>
> You have to escape the $ as $$ so that make doesn't try to expand it as
> a make variable and it actually gets to the shell.
>
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if you want a cool bash script for helping users extract/run makefiles etc
have a look at
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/developer/library/bash3.html
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