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David Abrahams21 Jun 2001 06:23 
Subject:[jamming] Possible error in Jambase MkDir rule?
From:David Abrahams (abra@altrabroadband.com)
Date:06/21/2001 06:23:01 AM
List:com.perforce.jamming

I copied the following fragment from MkDir for a rule of mine and was surprised that it didn't work as expected:

if $(NT) { switch $(s) { case *: : s = ; case *:\\ : s = ; } } Is the intention of the 2nd line to match a string ending in colon-backslash? If so, I think it won't match unless you use a quadruple (yes!) backslash. At least, that's what my experiments tell me.

-Dave