Make and '#'

[Lutz Jaenicke]

In article <1991May8.131613.10640 at druid.uucp> darcy at druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
>However the following:
>TEST = 1 2 3 \\\# 4 5 6
>test:
>	echo $(TEST)
>which ran the command:
>	echo 1 2 3 \# 4 5 6
>displayed:
>1 2 3 # 4 5 6
Not useable on Apollo: make -p shows, that TEST is truncated to 1 2 3 \\\
before anything usefull is done. The only thing working is Kevin Braunsdorf's
(ksb at nostromo.cc.purdue.edu) `echo "@" | tr "@" "\043"` in his article 
<12073 at mentor.cc.purdue.edu>.

Thanks to all who replied.

>With a name like mine you learn about quoting.  :-)
>D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy at druid) 
Indeed! BTW, if you want to see my name written correct, use LaTex:
	Lutz J\"anicke
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