Re: $ escape sequence at build_rule.txt

[Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>]

> On Dec 12, 2016, at 2:31 AM, peter.kirmeier@ts.fujitsu.com wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I tried to add a AWK replacement into the build_rules to become part of the generated makefiles:
> 
>    <Command>
>        "$(TOOLS_DIR)\gawk.exe" "NF{gsub(/ *\\$$/,\"\"); print}" infile.in > outfile.out
> 
> Unfortunately I don't get it, how the dollar sign can be escaped to the doubled $$ which is used by make for placing a single $ at the command.
> 
> Can someone help?
> 

Peter,

Do you think the build_rules.txt parse is removing one of the $? I'm not sure if this will work but what happens if you use 4 $? 

What do you see in the generated makefile?

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

> Thanks,
>  Peter
> 
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