On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@xxxxxx> wrote: > * NightStrike wrote on Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 07:24:36PM CEST: >> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: >> > SYSHEAD_LIST=`echo $srcdir/include/sys/*.h` >> > >> > or >> > set x $srcdir/include/sys/*.h >> > shift >> > SYSHEAD_LIST="$*" >> >> Which is more autoconfy-correct? > > Both have drawbacks and advantages. The first has a problem if $srcdir > starts with a hyphen (not realistic; that would break lots of other > places as well) or has other special characters; you could use AS_ECHO > instead though as a remedy. The second does not fork, which is nice. > But note that inside a macro, $* has relevance to M4, so you might need > to write $][* or $[]*, depending on quotation level. Thanks for the synopsis of both. I'll go with the first. I use AS_ECHO everywhere anyway. >> > This is purely a shell question. >> >> Well, doing it my way worked fine on the command line, both in bash >> and sh, so I was confused. > > But the expansion that you hoped to happen did in fact only happen later > in your testing. Try this on the command line: > f=* > echo "$f" > echo $f As always, Ralf, your perception is astounding. That's exactly how I tested it, and you're entirely right. If I do 'set' to look at the environment directly, it contains just the wildcard, not the expansion. Darn. Foiled again! _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
