Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:58:34 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robert Hoehne <robert DOT hoehne AT mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Port of Make 3.74 to DJGPP
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On Tue, 27 Aug 1996, Robert Hoehne wrote:

> I would like the following feature of make in the future, if it is possible:
> 
> OBJECT_FILES=`cat ofile`

Does Make on Unix support such a facility?

Anyway, you can get this *today* by using the $(shell) built-in function
of GNU Make, like so: 

	OBJECT_FILES=$(shell "cat ofile")

Is this good enough for what you want?

Btw, this facility should be even better when I make $(shell) use `popen',
because then you will be able to say something like this: 

	OBJECT_FILES=$(shell "cat ofile | sed -n -e '/foo/p'")

Currently, $(shell) doesn't support pipes.