Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 21:59:48 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Generic makefile question Message-ID: <355685C4.D52B88B0@dal.net>
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This isn't related specifically to FreeBSD but I figured someone here
would know. :) I am working on cleaning up a makefile (for our ircd)
and I've run into a problem. Here are (what I hope are) the relevant
bits:
SHELL=/bin/sh
ALLSUBDIRS=doc include src
RM=rm
RMARGS=-f
THINGSTOCLEAN=*~ \#* *.orig *.rej *.o *pure* ircd version.c chkconf core
clean:
$(RM) $(RMARGS) $(THINGSTOCLEAN)
@for i in $(ALLSUBDIRS); do \
echo "Cleaning $$i";\
( cd $$i; ${RM} ${RMARGS} *~ \#* *.orig *.rej *.o *pure*
ircd version.c chkconf core ; ) \ (these two are one line)
done
-@if [ -f include/setup.h ] ; then \
echo "To really restart installation, remove include/setup.h"
; \
fi
-@if [ -f include/options.h ] ; then \
echo "and include/options.h" ; \
fi
Doing it this way it works just fine. However what I'd like to do is:
( cd $$i; ${RM} ${RMARGS} ${THINGSTOCLEAN}; ) \
When I do that, I get this:
55$ make clean
rm -f *~ #* *.orig *.rej *.o *pure* ircd version.c chkconf core
Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ")")
*** Error code 2
Stop.
Note that the first one with the same arguments works.
I tried every combination I could think of using $(var), ${var},
spaces, semicolons, etc. The only thing that didn't give me that error
was:
( cd $$i; ${RM} ${RMARGS} "${THINGSTOCLEAN}"; ) \
However it apparently didn't expand the variable because nothing got
deleted.
Any help would be appreciated, including pointers to on line tutorials.
Yes, I've read the man page about a thousand times now so if the
answer's there a quote would be a good thing. :)
Thanks,
Doug
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