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Top Forums Programming Passing arguments to customized makefile Post 302891590 by yifangt on Thursday 6th of March 2014 02:54:44 PM
Old 03-06-2014
Thanks John!

One step further, how to let make accept some clues like:
Code:
 make speak --phrase=hi

It seems quite common to see makefile accept some argument as
Code:
make --prefix=/path/to/where/install --k=some_value --phrase=hi

The advantage for this format is the order of the argument will not matter, and the -- format can provide some clues on the parameters to be passed.
Got lost with most online makefile tutorials, especially with those automatic variables $@, $<, $|, $* and $? etc. Before coming to those tricks I feel should catch the straight-forward format first. Thank you again!
 

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JMKMF(1)						      General Commands Manual							  JMKMF(1)

NAME

       jmkmf - runs jmake with the correct options

SYNOPSIS

       jmkmf [ top-level dir [ current dir ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Jmkmf is a wrapper which calls jmake with the correct options, defining the symbols TOPDIR (location of the top-level directory) and CURDIR
       (current directory). The generated Makefile.SH is then ran through /bin/sh to produce a Makefile.

       Jmkmf is useful when you generate a makefile for the first time.

       When ran without arguments, jmkmf will scan the directories upwards, looking for a .package file marking the top of your sources.  It  will
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       Once you have a Makefile.SH generated by jmake, and have run Configure already, you can use make Makefile.SH to build the Makefile.SH again
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FILES

       Jmakefile	   High level description of makefile
       The file marking the top of your package tree

SEE ALSO

       jmake(1), packinit(1).

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