Shell commands inside of a Makefile?

[FlasHBurN]

I want to do something like:
cp file destdir/file
in a Makefile. However when I try to do this I get the following error:
commands commence before first target.

 

[tfinch2]

Are they preceded by a tab?

 

[FlasHBurN]

It was, but I just removed it. Now I get this error:
*** missing separator.

 

[FlasHBurN]

Still no luck.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: FlasHBurN
Still no luck.

Post the make file, is it long?