%% Brad Lucier <lucier@math.purdue.edu> writes: >> echo 'all: ; +@: hi ' | make -n -f- 2>/dev/null bl> So what's happening here? Bleah. I changed the script in my test but forgot to change it in the email. My bad. It should read: echo 'all: ; +@echo hi ' | make -n -f- 2>/dev/null -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <psmith@gnu.org> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist