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From: weimer@garden.ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer (253-7796))
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: Makefile and csh...?
Message-ID: <1991May30.212009.15562@ssd.kodak.com>
Date: 30 May 91 21:20:09 GMT
References: <1991May21.210000.15284@shearson.com>
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In article <1991May21.210000.15284@shearson.com>, kaplanr@shearson.com
(Roger Kaplan) writes:
|> The simple makefile looks like this:
|> ----
|> SHELL = /bin/csh
|> CFILES = test.c
|> dependencies :
|> 	cc -M $(CFILES) > deps
|> ----
|> When run, the computer generates:
|> ----
|> 
|> 143 kaplanr - make
|> cc -M test.c > deps
|> *** Error code 1
|> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `dependencies'
|> ----

If noclobber (sp?) is set and deps exists, the shell will not allow you
to overwrite it. Try changing '>' to '>!' to force an overwrite.

weimer@ssd.kodak.com ( Gary Weimer )