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Assignment Statements

The following table shows the different ways that a Configuration Variable can be defined.
Assignment operator Definition
= Assign the Configuration Variable at the current level, regardless of whether it is currently defined. For example:

MS_SHEETMODELNAME = 2D Sheet

: Assign the Configuration Variable at the current level, but only if it is not already defined. For example:

MS_BACKUP : $(_USTN_OUT)

> Appends the operand to the existing definition of the variable, separating the existing value and the operand by semicolons (treating the variable as a path). For example:

MS_RFDIR > $(_USTN_WORKSETROOT)Borders/

< Prepends the operand to the existing definition of the variable, separating the existing value and the operand by semicolons (treating the variable as a path). For example:

MS_RFDIR < $(_USTN_WORKSETROOT)Borders/

+ Appends the operand to the existing definition of the variable without separator. For example:

_USTN_WORKSETDESCR + In Development