title: makefile - escape parentheses
body: <p>I have a folder on my HD which contains parentheses in its name. Like: <code>C:/stuff (really cool)/</code>. The make <code>$(wildcard ..)</code> function does not work properly with this directory.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(wildcard C:/stuff (really cool)/*.jpg)`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>evaluates to no results at all. I guess this is due to the fact that the closing parentheses in the directory-name is treated as the closing parentheses for the <code>$(wildcard ..)</code> function. Escaping the <code>(</code> and <code>)</code> with a backslash does not work. What also does not work, is putting the directory-name into a variable and then using the wildcard function.</p>
  
  <pre><code>DIR = C:/stuff (really cool)
  all:
      @echo "$(wildcard $(DIR)/*.jpg)"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>No results at all, again.</p>
  
  <p>How should I properly escape the parentheses?</p>