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From: big10p AT hotmail DOT com (Chris Chadwick)
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Subject: Should I use bash as default shell in makefiles?
Date: 17 Dec 2001 18:14:30 -0800
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Hi. This is my first post here so be gentle :)

I've decided to buckle-down and try and learn more about makefiles,
particularly to find out how to automatically create dependencies. I'm
finding it quite hard going (I'm getting old, see :) and one thing I
wanted to clear up is what shell is best to use with make. I'm not
familiar with bash (or anything Unix-like) but get the impression this
is what I should be using, yes?

On a more general note, am I at a distinct disadvantage not knowing
anything about the Unix environment? My head nearly exploded when I
tried to decode an example sed command from the docs :o

Anyway, thanks. Lots more question to come soon, no doubt!

-Chris