Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:41:38 -0700 From: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> To: Johan Kuuse <kuuse@redantigua.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Make question Message-ID: <20131028174138.4D5875807E@chaos.jnpr.net> In-Reply-To: <CAGUU1d3JSwGtFwAPXbraVNZsjsoBby1j6AWKLK7p7_e5Erw34w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGUU1d1RQAuq=5rOczZnRnVo31Rh_xhYOnDP7-=ajVv4AnRwZA@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1310241730590.4934@multics.mit.edu> <20131024214923.CB0AF5807E@chaos.jnpr.net> <CAGUU1d0DVRYO_GUryyJONbpTgxrsYFf=WeQkn63557stnpsaVQ@mail.gmail.com> <20131025174720.870B35807E@chaos.jnpr.net> <CAGUU1d3ExyGrqGo1K8ta2qB=iwsU=ivgZUv3k3swbg-TRjtPzA@mail.gmail.com> <20131025231000.C74665807E@chaos.jnpr.net> <CAGUU1d3JSwGtFwAPXbraVNZsjsoBby1j6AWKLK7p7_e5Erw34w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:06:31 +0100, Johan Kuuse writes:
>> --------------------8<--------------------
>> TLIST = "/tmp/dir with space/one" "/tmp/another spacey thing/two"
>>
>> tlist=
>> .for t in ${TLIST}
>> tlist+= ${t:tW:S, ,?,g:S,",,g}
>> # the above :tW causes the value to be treated as one-word
>
>The ':tW' variable modifier seems to be pmake/fmake syntax.
it is bmake (NetBSD make) specific - tells make to treat the variable
value as one word - avoids the need to do things like:
frobbed != echo ${var} | sed 's, ,+,g'
:tw undoes the effect
>Is there any similar, non-documented, "treat-as-one-word"-modifier
>avilable for FreeBSD Make?
fmake - no.
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