RE: Writing contents of large variable into a file

[daniel.steinmann]

> So imagine that what you want to do is this:
> 
>     $(shell echo $(TOO_LONG) > long_file)
> 
> But can't because you hit a limit in the shell.   

Right.

 
> Like this (in GNU Make 3.80 and above):
> 
>     write-var-to-file=$(strip $(shell rm -f $1)$(eval __a 
> :=)$(foreach 
>     w,$($2),$(if $(filter $3,$(words $(__a))),$(shell echo -n 
> "$(strip 
>     $(__a)) " >> $1)$(eval __a:=))$(eval __a +=$w))$(shell 
> echo $(__a) 
>     >> $1))

Cool stuff. Unfortunately this does not work on my system (cygwin with GNU Make 
3.80). 

I will try some more to actually understand what above code does and why it 
does not do what it should do.

Thanks for this idea,
Daniel