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RE: few simple make syntax questions
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Dave Korn |
Subject: |
RE: few simple make syntax questions |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Feb 2008 15:12:12 -0000 |
On 07 February 2008 16:14, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 11:02 -0500, joe shoemaker wrote:
>> What does $(wildcard *~) mean?
>
> The same thing as "ls *~": match all the files that end in tilde ("~").
And to address the issue of /why/: appending tilde to a filename is a unix
convention for indicating a temporary or backup file. So you might well want
to wildcard them and delete the lot to tidy up after a build.
cheers,
DaveK
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