Re: accessing command-script text

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "leon j. breedt" <address@hidden> writes:

  ljb> in the kernel, they have something like:

  ljb> quiet=quiet_
  ljb> quiet_cmd_cc=  CC    $<
  ljb> cmd_cc=        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) ...

  ljb> and then an echo of $($(quiet)cmd_cc). but how can i access the contents
  ljb> of the command script?

  ljb> an example command script:

  ljb>     $(WGET) http://someurl/somefile || exit 1

  ljb> i want to echo  "WGET   url" in this case, but that's
  ljb> nigh on impossible,

Correct.  There's no way to access the command script as a variable.

You could do this:

  PRINT_WGET = @echo WGET $1; $(WGET) $1

then in the command script:

    doit:
        $(call PRINT_WGET, http://someurl/somefile) || exit 1

but that's your only option.

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