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| author | Evan Martin <martine@danga.com> | 2011-05-01 02:01:33 (GMT) |
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| committer | Evan Martin <martine@danga.com> | 2011-05-01 02:03:12 (GMT) |
| commit | bce2d134b166c570e659ff43923103f241a614de (patch) | |
| tree | 56e9f53ba33d501e9badf5dbd2b5bcda9724ae91 | |
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doc shell semantics of rule commands
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diff --git a/manual.asciidoc b/manual.asciidoc index cf7b2c8..1e7aed5 100644 --- a/manual.asciidoc +++ b/manual.asciidoc @@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ A `rule` block contains a list of `key = value` declarations that affect the processing of the rule. Here is a full list of special keys. -`command` (_required_):: the command line to run. +`command` (_required_):: the command line to run. This string (after + $variables are expanded) is passed directly to `sh -c` without + interpretation by Ninja. `depfile`:: path to an optional `Makefile` that contains extra _implicit dependencies_ (see the <<ref_dependencies,the reference on |