Re: Is error suppression possible for ignored errors?

[Steve Connell]

Thanks for your help Paul - this solution worked for me.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden>
To: "Steve Connell" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: Is error suppression possible for ignored errors?


> %% "Steve Connell" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   sc> %.obj : ../%.c
>   sc>         -@ chmod -f +w $@
>
>   sc> Adding the "-" before the @ allowed gmake to continue, however now I
am
>   sc> getting an error message from gmake:
>
>   sc> gmake[1]: [hostio.obj] Error 1 (ignored)
>
>   sc> Is there a way to prevent this ignored error message from printing
out?
>
> Just run a different command that succeeds:
>
>  %.obj : ../%.c
>          @ chmod -f +w $@ || true
>
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