Right now I have: PID=../../var/run/named.pid all: $(PID) $(PID): 251.169.212.in-addr.arpa.zone \ floppy.de.zone \ floppy.net.zone \ floppy.org.zone \ macke.org.zone \ renraku.com.zone \ renraku.org.zone \ stockmannolsen.com.zone touch $(PID) %.zone: % ndc -c /var/spool/named/var/run/ndc reload $< touch $@ Which gets the job done, but can some Make-Magician tell me, if there's an "easier way" -- there must be (I guess). -- Ralf Hildebrandt www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb "It's 806 miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of coffee, half a fsckload of Y2K crap, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it". -- Attached file included as plaintext by Listar -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: 7lsC3O5BJkIi+3MIVHSTLbJUpLhVa1xM iQCVAwUBONz1M0nh/jPvZzKNAQHUegP/WBFI2g4Uazt32RgjZuQOxC3LhV6RlGLL 569lnJXqtvWE/9j2sXJwtf6TYLpTx9H+Wt7ZwuLApKoqz7XvxIEpGRuYzgRsd/D1 kV2ixurC/KRFdZhVEzVyi0uc6RGZDQkIRYx9R/GmgXXMgA4Qc5G7LmJdeOevdufY U+8HqfPsprc= =J46v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----