Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 08:17:40 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make(1) extension for SHELL COMMANDS Message-ID: <199508140617.IAA11452@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199508132144.XAA25996@localhost> from "Wolfram Schneider" at Aug 13, 95 11:44:06 pm
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As Wolfram Schneider wrote: > > > from new manpage: > If the first or first three characters of the command line are `@' and/or > `-', and/or `!', the command is treated specially. A `@' causes the com- > mand not to be echoed before it is executed. A `-' causes any non-zero > exit status of the command line to be ignored. A `!' causes make to use > exec and not /bin/sh. This makes live with quotes much easier. Just curious: does this have any traditional counterpart in other systems? -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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