On Thu, 1 Aug 2013 10:46:04 -0500, »Q« wrote: > > "Everything is a file", nor does the man page say anything about not > > using it to mask out directories. Bearing in mind that this is the > > means chosen by the devs, it is reasonable to assume that it is > > practicable. > > Elsewhere, man make.conf uses "[space delimited list of files and/or > directories]", e.g. when describing CONFIG_PROTECT's value. IMO it's > reasonable to expect the man page to be consistent.
Reasonable yes, but also a little optimistic considering the way it has grown organically. However that doesn't change my main point , that one could simply try it - which is how I determined that directories worked. -- Neil Bothwick We shall shortly be landing. Please return your stewardess to the upright position.
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