Mail Archives: djgpp/1994/04/28/14:19:19
marty (leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com leisner AT eso DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com) wrote:
> How does vpath in make handle :?
> I tried
>
> VPATH=..:../bsd
>
> and it didn't work
> but
>
> VPATH=.. ../bsd
>
> worked
At least on UNIX, VPATH is supposed to be directories separated with
colons, just like the PATH environment variable.
You might try switching to semicolons as separators (this is normally
how the PATH variable works on DOS), or you might try escaping the
colons with backslashes.
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Eric Backus
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(206) 335-2495
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