xmake is a make-like build utility based on lua. (Link to project site: xmake)
The project focuses on making development and building easier and provides many features (.e.g package, install, plugin, macro, action, option, task ...), so that any developer can quickly pick it up and enjoy the productivity boost when developing and building project.
When we run the make utility , make compiles only those files which are undergone changes(other files which have not undergone any changes are not recompiled)
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When you run the make utility, it examines the modification times of files and determines what needs to be... (4 Replies)
I wrote a makefile, every thing is working fine,
But One of the C header files which is created by me is kept in a different folder other than the current directory,
I have given this PATH to VPATH Variable
Example :- VPATH = /home/user1/projects/victor.h
It gives an error as : file... (4 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I m very confused about the make/makefile utility in all unix.
1) My questions is why we need make.
2) Why some source code needs to complile.
3) I download the Bind 9 from Sunfreeware.com. I use pkgadd -d to install the bind. I 'm struck here becasue I can't find /etc/named.conf... (2 Replies)
(Sorry for previous not on enlish! I did not realized it is english forum. )
I am looking for help with Make utility. I could not get help from the 'man' pages.
1. About Macro (as a variable): It is clear about defining any macro in beginning or in command line, but isn't it no way to redefine... (0 Replies)
I have just build a softpaq for our softqare release.
Now i am giving tar file of softpaq to customer. It need to extract and then need to run script file inside it.
I want to build this way that when user extract script file in this should automatically starts/excutes...
Can anyone suggest... (3 Replies)
Hi want to know the syntax of printing something (value or variable) in GNU make utility. I give this in the Makefile:
echo "Hi"
OR
@echo "Hi"
But I only get error this when I run make (at the line where I have echo):
Makefile:9: *** missing separator. Stop.
Whats the problem? How can... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I'm trying to create a C program that functions like the make utility in UNIX for personal use. My program would read in from a generic makefile and execute whatever is in that makefile but I'm not sure as to where I should start coding.
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks. (1 Reply)
Hi,
Could someone tell me why make utility is mostly preferred for compilation and generating executable in UNIX rather than any user created scripts which contains commands for compilation? (2 Replies)
Hello,
I'm a recent convert to UNIX and I'm attempting to understand exactly how the make utility is working under the hood.
Now, I understand that each rule has a target, dependencies, and update command, but the thing I'm confused about is exactly how the utility is determining when to... (1 Reply)
Heyas
I'm a fan of AwesomeWM, but i had failed to learn lua, though, i'm quite satisfied with the cofniguration i have by now.
Either way, i'd like to know if i could 'call' those XDG_XY_DIR variables which are located on my linux ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs.
While to call scripts i use... (0 Replies)