From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin bash script removing equal sign
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:12:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a3841d9d-8d0d-b060-51ff-e993fd33bcb9@cs.umass.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADsY8Fjxh0wdafdxeVi3kDy6Q1vFKePnmtsyT7VzgkGDQUgFwA@mail.gmail.com>
On 4/25/2019 12:11 PM, Peter Palaparthy wrote:
> Cygwin bash script is removing equals sign from command call. How do I
> escape it so that = is sent to command?
>
> I tried different things like escaping = with \ and enclosing it with ""
> and '' but none of them worked.
>
> *Here is the relevant command in my makefile.*
>
>
> *$(elabcmd) = $(XELAB_DEFAULT) \-generic VERSION=10*
>
>
> *compile:$(elabcmd)*
>
> *Here is the result:*
>
> cygwin prompt:> make compile
> *Running: xelab.exe -generic VERSION 10*
>
> *(note that the equal sign is not there)*
>
> I want
> *xelab.exe -generic VERSION=10*
- I am not sure you need the \ on the -
- I wonder about the $(elabcmd) = ... My expectation would
be elabcmd = ...
- compile: ... is giving a dependency. It seems you want a rule.
In make, this would look more like:
compile: xelab.exe
xelab.exe -generic VERSION=10
Making this more parameterized:
elabcmd = xelab.exe -generic VERSION=10
compile: xelab.exe
$(elabcmd)
(Note: There is a TAB (not space), before that last $(elabcmd).)
Anyway, while I am happy to help a little, this is a generic Make question,
not specific to Cygwin ...
EM
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2019-04-25 16:11 Peter Palaparthy
2019-04-25 19:12 ` Eliot Moss [this message]
2019-04-25 19:26 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
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