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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:36:33 -0500
From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: file names in Makefile
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Hello,

How can I use file names with `special' characters in a Makefile?

Consider:

SRC += '2001;6(2):126--135.pdf'

all:	$(SRC)
	pdf2ps $^


If I try to quote my way around this, I get a message like this:

% make
make: *** No rule to make target `'2001', needed by `all'.  Stop.

If I backslash the semicolon and/or parentheses, I get this:

% make
Makefile:4: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop.

TIA/jtw