Re: How to call a new bash function within a makefile

[OnMyWayHome]

Thanks for the post Paul. I may be remembering it incorrectly,
but your post does help me.
Thanks,
Chris

Paul D. Smith wrote:
> %% OnMyWayHome <blank@blank.org> writes:
>
>   o> I don't have gnu.bash on my newsgroup server, so I'm posting this here.
>   o> Here is an example GNU makefile:
>
>   o> function DoThis()
>   o> {
>   o>      echo $0
>   o> }
>
>   o> all :
>   o>      DoThis "Test"
>
>   o> I've seen this done before where a bash function is defined within a
>   o> makefile, and can be subsequently called when a target is matched.
>
> You must have been imagining things :-)
>
> This is not, and never has been supported.  At least, not in GNU make.
> Makefiles must contain make syntax.  They cannot contain shell
> functions.
>
>
> I mean, I guess you could do something like this:
>
>     defineDoThis = function DoThis() { echo $0; }
>
>     all:
>             $(defineDoThis); DoThis "Test"
>
> but I doubt that's what you're looking for.