> How about: > > echo "no valid CHIP defined in your Makefile" > > That's how I'd do it in UNIX anyway. That's ~ 1/3 of the solution: the message to the user. Next 1/3: 'echo' is not a makefile command, so I must make a dummy target and specify "echo" as command to make that target? How do I make sure that that target is the first one to be build? And then the last 1/3: how do I stop the makefile execution? Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist