Fredrik Lundh wrote: > John Machin wrote: > > > I'll take your word for it; it's been quite a while :-) *Something* in > > the dim dark past worked like that > > makefiles?
Bingo! Actually, double bingo!! >From the docs for GNU Make: """ Because dollar signs are used to start make variable references, if you really want a dollar sign in a target or prerequisite you must write two of them, `$$' (see How to Use Variables). If you have enabled secondary expansion (see Secondary Expansion) and you want a literal dollar sign in the prerequisites lise [sic], you must actually write four dollar signs (`$$$$'). """ Cheers, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
