RE: how to know all the strings defined

[Brown, Michael]

I'm curious as to why a system variable that is set at login time is be 
rewritten, specifically the USER variable.
While the system setting isn't changed (based on what was shown), I'd use a 
different variable name so that they aren't confused.
Instead of USER, how about USERNAME?
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of Paul Smith
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 1:53 PM
> To: ranjith kumar
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> Subject: Re: how to know all the strings defined
>
> On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 20:34 +0530, ranjith kumar wrote:
> > 1) I have a make file which include many other files, with definitions
> like
> >                DIR = /home
> >                USER = ranjith
> >                   .
> > How to know all the strings defined in the above  manner?
> > I tried "make -d". It is not printing that information
>
> Look up the -p (--print-data-base) flag in the manual.
>
> > 2) Below a dependency rule
> >            all : main
> >                 @echo "compiling main.cpp"
> >                  @g++ main.cpp
> >
> > What is the significance of "@" ??
> > Becuse of it, when I run make file it is not printing the compilation
> command
> > "g++ main.cpp" on the screen?
>
> You answered your own question.  See the section "Command Echoing" in
> the manual.
>
> > How to get that on screen without modifying the make file?
>
> You can't.  All you can do is run "make -n", which prints silent rules
> but doesn't run anything, and doesn't always run the same set of
> commands that "make" runs.
>
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