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authorobrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2012-05-31 00:36:56 +0000
committerobrien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>2012-05-31 00:36:56 +0000
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Add "-V '${VAR}'" variable expansion from Portable Berkeley Make.
Submitted by: Simon Gerraty <sjg@juniper.net>
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diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
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@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ Do not build any targets.
Multiple instances of this option may be specified;
the variables will be printed one per line,
with a blank line for each null or undefined variable.
+If
+.Ar variable
+contains a
+.Sq Ic $
+then the value will be expanded before printing.
.It Fl v
Be extra verbose.
Print any extra information.
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