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From: flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: Make:defining macros with filenames that have '$' in them
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Date: 2 Mar 90 02:36:15 GMT
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The following oddity works in SunOS 4.x (and presumably, System V):
	% cat whonk.\$
	This is a silly file name.
	% cat makefile
	whonk: whonk.$$$$
		cat whonk.$$
	% make
	cat whonk.$
	This is a silly file name.
	%

Looks like the dependencies list gets evaluated twice.
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