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From: dt@ist.UUCP (David Tilbrook)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.usg,net.unix-wizards
Subject: Make bug
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 22:50:17 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 22:50:17 1985
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I recently found the following bug (feature?) in System 3, 5, OSx Make
in the following shell script:

cat <<'!' >make.tmp
MAIN:
	echo *
!
make -f make.tmp
make -f - <make.tmp

The outputs on all my systems (4.1, SysV, OSx) in empty directories were:

echo *
make.tmp
echo *
*

Is this an obscure and useful feature the value of which I
fail to understand or appreciate?
-- 
David Tilbrook		{inset, root44, mcvax, qtlon}!ist!dt
Imperial Software Technology, London England