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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 23:56:55 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:38:06 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:

>> The make utility has no support for paths with spaces.
> 
> Looks like you're right.

I have some Makefiles with spaces in the dependency names, of the form:

    target\ name\ with\ space : source\ name\ with\ space