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MaxNTF
MaxNTF

Reputation: 33

Top commas in Makefile?

I am learning Gnu Make and don't understand the construction. Actually wondering what parameters are in quotes? This entry is the first in the Makefile.

LIBLORAGW_VERSION := `cat ../VERSION`

Upvotes: 0

Views: 38

Answers (1)

ReAl
ReAl

Reputation: 1301

Backticks ` ` are shell syntax to return enclosed command output as a string.

So that, this line executes cat ../VERSION, grabs its output and assigns it to LIBLORAGW_VERSION

Upd: Yes, the explanation above is a simplified "it looks like" but is not correct in details. See MadScientist's comment and try this

DATE=`date`

all:
    $(info DATE is $(DATE))
    @echo DATE is $(DATE)

Upvotes: 1

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