HELP: use of filenames with colons within GNUmake

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3 total messages Started by Jens Piel Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00

#3799

Author: Jens Piel
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00

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Hello,

I have got a problem. Please excuse me, if it's allready a FAQ.

We use GNUmake to control the compilation of some files. Everything
works fine up to now. Now, the problem is that the filenames are
containing multiple colon characters. GNUmake interpretes this wrongly
as the delimiter between target and dependencies. It's not possible to
rename the files permanently.

Does there exist a possibility to escape the colon character in
filenames within GNUmake? Is there some other solution?


  J. Piel


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Re: HELP: use of filenames with colons within GNUmake

#3800

Author: Lew Pitcher
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:00

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I don't know how to force GNU make to accept filenames that use embedded colons.

However, what would be the problem with making hard or soft links to the files
in question, such that the name of the linked file *doesn't* use an embedded colon,
then altering the Makefile to use these linked filenames?

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:49:28 +0200, Jens Piel <jpiel@stn-atlas.de> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have got a problem. Please excuse me, if it's allready a FAQ.
>
>We use GNUmake to control the compilation of some files. Everything
>works fine up to now. Now, the problem is that the filenames are
>containing multiple colon characters. GNUmake interpretes this wrongly
>as the delimiter between target and dependencies. It's not possible to
>rename the files permanently.
>
>Does there exist a possibility to escape the colon character in
>filenames within GNUmake? Is there some other solution?
>
>
>  J. Piel
>
>
>-- 
>|             STN Atlas Elektronik GmbH   D-28305 Bremen               
>|
>| Jens Piel   Simulation Division  SES2   Sebaldsbruecker Heerstr. 235 
>|
>|             jpiel@atlas.de              +49/421/457-4104   -3081 fax 
>|


Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank

(pitchl@tdbank.ca)


(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)

Re: HELP: use of filenames with colons within GNUmake

#3801

Author: Florian Weimer
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 00:00

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Jens Piel <jpiel@stn-atlas.de> writes:

> Does there exist a possibility to escape the colon character in
> filenames within GNUmake? Is there some other solution?

Have you tried quoting the colon with a `\'?  A quick test with GNU
make 3.76 shows that this might work.

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