The following oddity works in SunOS 4.x (and presumably, System V): % cat whonk.\$ This is a silly file name. % cat makefile whonk: whonk.$$$$ cat whonk.$$ % make cat whonk.$ This is a silly file name. % Looks like the dependencies list gets evaluated twice. -- Felix Lee flee at shire.cs.psu.edu *!psuvax1!flee