Makefile - perl script syntax error

[NewBie]

Hi,

Appreciate any pointer why there is a compliant:

The perl script (partial):
:
orca_logo.gif.hex: orca_logo.gif
perl -e 'while (sysread(STDIN, $$b, 35)){print unpack("h*",
$$b),"\n"}' < $< > $@
:

The complaint:
:
make CFLAGS=-g -O2 || exit 1
perl -e 'while (sysread(STDIN, $b, 35)){print unpack("h*",
$b),"\n"}' < > orca_logo.gif.hex
sh: Syntax error at line 1 : `>' is not expected.
:

Thanks in advance.

 

[Josef Moellers]

Hi,

Appreciate any pointer why there is a compliant:

The perl script (partial):

This is not a part of a perl script, it is part of your makefile:

:
orca_logo.gif.hex: orca_logo.gif
perl -e 'while (sysread(STDIN, $$b, 35)){print unpack("h*",
$$b),"\n"}' < $< > $@
:

The complaint:
:
make CFLAGS=-g -O2 || exit 1
perl -e 'while (sysread(STDIN, $b, 35)){print unpack("h*",
$b),"\n"}' < > orca_logo.gif.hex
sh: Syntax error at line 1 : `>' is not expected.
:

And your Perl question is?

You seem to have problems with your makefile, not with your perl
one-liner. (Strange thing is that it works for me.) Apparently your make
doesn't recognize the "$<", but again, you don't have a Perl problem (yet).