Re: Just a quick question

[red floyd]

parag_paul@hotmail.com wrote:
> hi All
>
> I saw that one of the for loops in a make file looks like this
>
>
>    @for dir in ${DIRS}; do \
>         echo making for directory $${dir}; \
>         make -C $${dir}
>
>
> Why is there two $$ here

Because you want the $ to be interpreted by the shell, not the makefile.
If you used ${dir}, the makefile would have interpreted it.  The first $ 
escapes the second $.