Hey, Not sure what the %exec is for. Just following what's already in most of the make files. It just seems to execute what comes after it as if it were a system command and it displays the command itself. Yamin Quoting Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Yamin, > > This makefile worked just fine for me: > --------8<-------- > FileList := \ > one.ob3 \ > two.ob3 \ > three.ob3 \ > > .PHONY : default > default : > @echo 'FileList: $(FileList)' > @echo 'FileList: $(addprefix Pre,$(FileList))' > --------8<-------- > > What's your "%exec" for in your target? > > HTH, > --Eljay > ---------------------------------------- This mail sent through www.mywaterloo.ca