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Re: multiple wildcards in a static pattern rule
From: |
Noel Yap |
Subject: |
Re: multiple wildcards in a static pattern rule |
Date: |
Thu, 30 Oct 2003 18:37:53 -0500 |
"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
> So, actually, for simple commands like this:
>
> >> $(ROOT)etc/dir1/%: $(ROOT)etc/dir1/%: %
> >> cp $< $@
> >> chmod 644 $@
>
> it will be faster to do it this way since GNU make will fork/exec the
> two commands directly rather than invoking a shell to do it.
Hey, that's cool! How does it handle the situation if the 'cp' fails?
Also, I'm not sure what you meant by "shell metacharacters". Does "&&" qualify
as "shell metacharacters"?
Thanks,
Noel
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