Re: $(file) can't read files

2015-05-31 Thread Tim Murphy
On 30 May 2015 at 19:02, Paul Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 07:50 +0100, Tim Murphy wrote: > > $(shell cat filename) is also often used to read files into variables. > > > > There isn't much reason why $(file <) shouldn't read a file though is > > there? It would have the additional bene

Re: $(file) can't read files

2015-05-30 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, 2015-05-27 at 07:50 +0100, Tim Murphy wrote: > $(shell cat filename) is also often used to read files into variables. > > There isn't much reason why $(file <) shouldn't read a file though is > there? It would have the additional benefit of being platform > independent. This would not