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From: egb@mitisft.Convergent.COM (E. G. Bradford )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Strange makefile construct
Message-ID: <235@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 21:24:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: mitisft.235
Posted: Mon Sep 14 21:24:55 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 06:46:26 EDT
References: <4475@ncoast.UUCP>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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in article <4475@ncoast.UUCP>, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) says:
> 
> As quoted from <1162@nrcvax.UUCP> by chris@nrcvax.UUCP (Chris Grevstad):
> +---------------
> 
> $(?:.o=.c) means "in all words in $?, change instances of `.o' into `.c'.
> 
> Note that, to my knowledge (which may be faulty), there is no way to prevent
> this macro from changing `foo.obj.c' to `foo.cbj.c'.

I did that particluar gem to make. It will not substitute
for foo.obj.c. "word" is delimited by white space or end of string.

		Ed Bradfichw