Sorry, didn't know about the minus sign before a command. Thanks for the info.
Regards, Yakup -----Original Message----- From: Paul Smith [mailto:psm...@gnu.org] Sent: Freitag, 30. Januar 2009 18:13 To: Yakup Akbay Cc: bug-make@gnu.org Subject: Re: Minor documentation bug On Fri, 2009-01-30 at 05:04 -0800, Yakup Akbay wrote: > in chapter ‘2.7 Rules for Cleaning the Directory’ in ‘GNU make’ > document. > .PHONY : clean > clean : > -rm edit $(objects) > > The minus sign before ‘rm’ seems to be a clerical error. Why do you say so? That's perfectly legal (and useful) syntax. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make