Unix Programming - how to access environmental variables from shell in makefile

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how to access environmental variables from shell in makefile

charlotte

2006-02-27, 9:57 pm

plz tell me how do i set a variable in a shell and access it in a
makefile..
plzzz tell me..

Barry Margolin

2006-02-27, 9:57 pm

In article <1141092845.542684.158480@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
"charlotte" <Joshi.Bakul@gmail.com> wrote:

> plz tell me how do i set a variable in a shell and access it in a
> makefile..
> plzzz tell me..

Set environment variable:

var=value
export var

Access it in a makefile:

target: dependency
echo $$var

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