From: MARSHALL K. <Kei...@to...> - 2003-10-16 15:18:44
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Earnie Boyd wrote: > A case insensitive target: > > [Cc][Aa][Ss][Ee] : > touch cAsE > > > Another method if you're files are changing to all uppercase: > all: CASE > > case : > touch CASE > > CASE : case Good idea, Earnie. Sadly, no cigar this time; sorry. The first form doesn't seem to work in a pattern rule. The second is fatally dangerous; if you execute ... make case ... where the file actually exists as CASE, then make is likely to view CASE as an intermediate file, and end up by deleting it! Regards, Keith. |