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Re: suppressing the newline from echo
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: suppressing the newline from echo |
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23 Feb 2001 18:50:57 +0100 |
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Phil Edwards <address@hidden> writes:
> I've seen logic in generated configure files to determine how to keep echo
> from suppressing the newline (-n, \c, etc). Some ac_ variables get set
> and then used in echo invocations.
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> Is this available in a macro? I don't see anything in the 2.13 manual or
> the online macro archive[*], and I'm leery of depending on implementation
> details like ac_n, ac_c, and whatnot.
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> Phil
> [*] Which recently moved; the autoconf homepage needs updating.
See CVS Autoconf ECHO_C etc.