On 04/06/2014 06:03 AM, John E. Malmberg wrote: > As above, I missed that DCL would not be handling the quoting the same. > I tried it with echo :== "write sys$output """ and echo :== > $gnv$gnu:[bin]gnv$echo.exe and was getting the same results.
DCL isn't involved, here. For make for VMS, a DCL symbol 'echo' defined as '"write sys$output """' is not the same as using 'write sys$$output "' in the action. At the time just prior to run the action routine(s), I think it is in child_execute_job, in the first case there is no VMS style quoted string: make for VMS will interpret redirection introducers. In the second case there is a VMS style quoted string (no matter whether it is correctly terminated or not be): make for VMS will not interpret anything within such strings. For Unix, the single quotes were used to avoid shell variable expansion. For VMS and echo defined by a DCL symbol, replacing single with double quotes seems to be sufficient. Even for your GNV echo command, as there is no shell involved. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
