Here is an example of mak-file:

test.exe : test.obj
link test.obj

test.obj: test.c
sc -c test.c


If I insert a space before target, SMAKE says:

SMAKE fatal error: SNAPSHOT.MAK(1): syntax error: "
": "
" missing EndOfFile in makefile

There a lot of other errors because of spaces

Shame on you GUYS!

"Denis Troshin" <weiv@mail.ru> wrote in message news:c9a4am$2a9d$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Here is an example of mak-file:
>
> test.exe : test.obj
> link test.obj
>
> test.obj: test.c
> sc -c test.c
>
>
> If I insert a space before target, SMAKE says:
>
> SMAKE fatal error: SNAPSHOT.MAK(1): syntax error: "
> ": "
> " missing EndOfFile in makefile
>
> There a lot of other errors because of spaces
>
> Shame on you GUYS!

Where exactly are you putting a space?

In article <c9b4a8$kuj$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>
>
>"Denis Troshin" <weiv@mail.ru> wrote in message news:c9a4am$2a9d$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> Here is an example of mak-file:
>>
>> test.exe : test.obj
>> link test.obj
>>
>> test.obj: test.c
>> sc -c test.c
>>
>>
>> If I insert a space before target, SMAKE says:
>>
>> SMAKE fatal error: SNAPSHOT.MAK(1): syntax error: "
>> ": "
>> " missing EndOfFile in makefile
>>
>> There a lot of other errors because of spaces
>>
>> Shame on you GUYS!
>
>Where exactly are you putting a space?

Here are line numbers and column numbers:

123456789
1: test.exe : test.obj
2:  link test.obj
3: test.obj : test.c
4:  sc -c test.c


For example, if I insert space on line 1 at column 1, previous example will look like this:

123456789
1:  test.exe : test.obj
2:  link test.obj
3: test.obj : test.c
4:  sc -c test.c

In this case SMAKE says:
SMAKE fatal error: SNAPSHOT.MAK(1): syntax error: "
": "
" missing EndOfFile in makefile

In article <c9b4a8$kuj$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...

>>Where exactly are you putting a space?

Here are line numbers and column numbers:

___123456789
1: test.exe : test.obj
2:  link test.obj
3: test.obj : test.c
4:  sc -c test.c

Now at position (1, 1) is letter 't'.

For example, if I insert space on line 1 at column 1,
previous example will look like this:


___123456789
1:  test.exe : test.obj
2:  link test.obj
3: test.obj : test.c
4:  sc -c test.c

At position (1, 1) will be space.

In this case SMAKE says:
SMAKE fatal error: SNAPSHOT.MAK(1): syntax error: "
": "
" missing EndOfFile in makefile

Denis Troshin <weiv@mail.ru> wrote:
>>> Shame on you GUYS!
>>
>>Where exactly are you putting a space?
> 
> Here are line numbers and column numbers:
> 
> 123456789
> 1: test.exe : test.obj
> 2:  link test.obj
> 3: test.obj : test.c
> 4:  sc -c test.c

Works a lot better if you use tabs, not spaces. Shame on you for now using the tool correctly.

That is a syntax error. Leading spaces are not allowed on target lines. For better or worse, that's how makefiles work.