On Mon, 2016-03-14 at 14:32 +0100, Martin Reinders wrote: > $ cat Makefile > all: > /bin/echo "LINE FROM ECHO COMMAND" > file.txt > $(file >>file.txt,LINE FROM FILE FUNCTION)
> I expected that the echo command writes one line to the file, and the > $(file ...) function appends another line. But as one can see, the > file contains the output from the echo command only. It seems to me > that the echo command is executed _after_ executing the $(file ...) > function. > Perhaps I am misunderstanding something completely? Any insight is > highly appreciated. The thing you're missing is that GNU make will always expand the ENTIRE recipe, before it starts ANY part of the recipe. So, all variables and functions, including $(file ...), will be expanded first, then make will start to run the recipe lines. So the $(file ...) function happens before the echo command, as you've seen. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
