Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!sundc!newstop!sun!imagen!atari!portal!portal!cup.portal.com!DeadHead From: DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Make:defining macros with filenames that have '$' in them Message-ID: <27177@cup.portal.com> Date: 21 Feb 90 07:58:21 GMT Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 11 I have to include a file with '$' in its name (i.e. abc.$cf) in a macro definition in Make. For the life of me I couldnt figureout how to escape that specific '$' sign in the make file so make wont try to expand abc.$cf into "abc.f" How can I do this? Any hints from ya gurus will be appreciated! Thanks, bruce email: deadhead@cup.portal.com