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From: tjs@cs.monash.edu.au (Toby Sargeant)
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Subject: Re: make
Date: 22 Feb 1999 04:11:41 GMT
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 03:09:54 -0000, Rad <rad@cyberdude.com> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this error message when using make to
>compile my project?:
>
>makefile:8:  *** missing separator.  Stop.
>
>Everything was working fine until I added some more .c and .h files. I also
>had this problem before when I changed the name of a file.

The primary reason for this error is using spaces instead of tabs to indent.
make is very fussy about the distinction, which causes many headaches.

Other than that, all I can suggest is that you post the makefile so that people
can take a look at it.

Toby.