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| From: | Kyle McFarlane |
| Subject: | Re: Variables |
| Date: | Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:31:58 +1200 |
%% address@hidden writes:w> How can I set a variable in makefile and have that variable's w> updated value seen the makefile that called it?The same way you can set a variable in a shell script or a program in general and have the updated value be seen in the program that called it:You can't.
Couldn't one write the variable contents to a temp file, and read it into the parent file/program with VARIABLEX=`cat tempfilename` ??
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