It is possible to use ' ' or '&' but I'm having difficultiy
in using ';' in the target filename. Is there any way to
do this in make? I need to generate files having filenames with ';'.
I'm stuck like this.


kyagrd@kyagrd:kyagrd$ cat Makefile
"yahoo;google.doc":
echo testing strange filenames
kyagrd@kyagrd:kyagrd$ make
Makefilel:1: *** missing separator.  Stop

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Ahn Ki-yung wrote:
> It is possible to use ' ' or '&' but I'm having difficultiy
> in using ';' in the target filename. Is there any way to
> do this in make? I need to generate files having filenames with ';'.
> I'm stuck like this.
>
>
> kyagrd@kyagrd:kyagrd$ cat Makefile
> "yahoo;google.doc":
> 	echo testing strange filenames
> kyagrd@kyagrd:kyagrd$ make
> Makefilel:1: *** missing separator.  Stop
Use this:
"yahoo\;google.oc":
echo testing strange filenames

You can use special characters in target names by immediately preceding
each special character with a backslash (\).

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> "yahoo\;google.oc":
>         echo testing strange filenames
>
> You can use special characters in target names by immediately preceding
> each special character with a backslash (\).

I also wanted to propose this, when I read the question but this
solution doesn't seem to work with GNU Make (version 3.80).

Dirk

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Amit> "yahoo\;google.oc":
Amit> echo testing strange filenames
Amit>
Amit> You can use special characters in target names by immediately precedin
g
Amit> each special character with a backslash (\).

Dirk> I also wanted to propose this, when I read the question but this
Dirk> solution doesn't seem to work with GNU Make (version 3.80).

I guess if nothing else works, you could use a variable:

SEMI = ;

yahoo$(SEMI)google.oc :

...

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> Dirk> I also wanted to propose this, when I read the question but this
> Dirk> solution doesn't seem to work with GNU Make (version 3.80).
>
> I guess if nothing else works, you could use a variable:
>
> SEMI = ;
>
> yahoo$(SEMI)google.oc :

Also tried that but unfortunately, it also doesn't seem to work with
GNU Make...

Dirk

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