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Or my login shell or /bin/bash? Background: I have a variable in the Makefile: C_FILES := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(shell ls *.c 2> /dev/null)) I want to make sure it's OK to ...
  1. 11-12-2008 #1
    knighttof3
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    Does GNU make $(shell ...) call /bin/sh ...

    Or my login shell or /bin/bash?

    Background:
    I have a variable in the Makefile:
    C_FILES := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(shell ls *.c 2> /dev/null))
    I want to make sure it's OK to use "2>/dev/null" here. My login shell is /bin/bash so it's hard for me to tell if this is OK for all users, even those whose login shell is csh/tcsh, which don't have the "2>" syntax.
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    Hi.

    Welcome to the forum.
    The program used as the shell is taken from the variable `SHELL'.
    By default, the program `/bin/sh' is used.

    -- excerpt from info make, GNU Make 3.80, q.v.
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    Thanks a bunch!
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