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Diffstat (limited to 'bmake.cat1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bmake.cat1 | 36 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/bmake.cat1 b/bmake.cat1 index ca49bb63c03c..4a6ad0b63e6d 100644 --- a/bmake.cat1 +++ b/bmake.cat1 @@ -690,7 +690,13 @@ VVAARRIIAABBLLEE AASSSSIIGGNNMMEENNTTSS ::MM_p_a_t_t_e_r_n Select only those words that match _p_a_t_t_e_r_n. The standard shell wildcard characters (`*', `?', and `[]') may be used. The wildcard - characters may be escaped with a backslash (`\'). + characters may be escaped with a backslash (`\'). As a consequence + of the way values are split into words, matched, and then joined, a + construct like + ${VAR:M*} + will normalise the inter-word spacing, removing all leading and + trailing space, and converting multiple consecutive spaces to single + spaces. ::NN_p_a_t_t_e_r_n This is identical to `::MM', but selects all words which do not match @@ -777,18 +783,18 @@ VVAARRIIAABBLLEE AASSSSIIGGNNMMEENNTTSS ::CC/_p_a_t_t_e_r_n/_r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t/[11ggWW] The ::CC modifier is just like the ::SS modifier except that the old and - new strings, instead of being simple strings, are a regular expres- - sion (see regex(3)) string _p_a_t_t_e_r_n and an ed(1)-style string - _r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t. Normally, the first occurrence of the pattern _p_a_t_t_e_r_n - in each word of the value is substituted with _r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t. The `1' - modifier causes the substitution to apply to at most one word; the - `g' modifier causes the substitution to apply to as many instances - of the search pattern _p_a_t_t_e_r_n as occur in the word or words it is - found in; the `W' modifier causes the value to be treated as a sin- - gle word (possibly containing embedded white space). Note that `1' - and `g' are orthogonal; the former specifies whether multiple words - are potentially affected, the latter whether multiple substitutions - can potentially occur within each affected word. + new strings, instead of being simple strings, are an extended regu- + lar expression (see regex(3)) string _p_a_t_t_e_r_n and an ed(1)-style + string _r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t. Normally, the first occurrence of the pattern + _p_a_t_t_e_r_n in each word of the value is substituted with _r_e_p_l_a_c_e_m_e_n_t. + The `1' modifier causes the substitution to apply to at most one + word; the `g' modifier causes the substitution to apply to as many + instances of the search pattern _p_a_t_t_e_r_n as occur in the word or + words it is found in; the `W' modifier causes the value to be + treated as a single word (possibly containing embedded white space). + Note that `1' and `g' are orthogonal; the former specifies whether + multiple words are potentially affected, the latter whether multiple + substitutions can potentially occur within each affected word. ::TT Replaces each word in the variable with its last component. @@ -1107,7 +1113,7 @@ SSPPEECCIIAALL SSOOUURRCCEESS ((AATTTTRRIIBBUUTTEESS)) ..MMAAKKEE Execute the commands associated with this target even if the --nn or --tt options were specified. Normally used to mark recursive - bbmmaakkee's. + bbmmaakkees. ..MMEETTAA Create a meta file for the target, even if it is flagged as ..PPHHOONNYY, ..MMAAKKEE, or ..SSPPEECCIIAALL. Usage in conjunction with ..MMAAKKEE is @@ -1378,4 +1384,4 @@ BBUUGGSS There is no way of escaping a space character in a filename. -NetBSD 5.1 August 11, 2013 NetBSD 5.1 +NetBSD 5.1 October 25, 2013 NetBSD 5.1 |