I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.

With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
smake /Fmakefile cleanall
which works, but
smake /Fmakefile clean
does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.

 I have read all 26 pages of the "Managing Code with SMAKE" html file, and
cannot find an answer. (It may be there, but I do not see it.)
How do I get smake to work on two macros at the same time as I am trying to
do with "clean"? Or is it not possible?
Obviously, I could use "cleanall", or enter both cleanobjs and cleanbin on
the command line. Having spent a inordinate amount of time on this problem,
however, I am curious.

ALLOBJS = cross.obj crosstest.obj swap.obj string1.obj argv.
ALLBIN: = cross.exe swap.exe string1.exe argv.execharset.exe hello.exe

cleanobjs:
         -del *.obj
cleanbin:
         -del *.exe
cleanall:
         -del *.obj *.exe

clean:
         -del $(ALLOBJS)
         -del $(ALLBIN)

Jim J.

I guess there is extra ':' in your 2nd line.
Anyway the following works as expected:

-------------
ALLOBJS = cross.obj crosstest.obj swap.obj string1.obj argv.
ALLBIN = cross.exe swap.exe string1.exe argv.execharset.exe hello.exe

cleanobjs:
         del *.obj
cleanbin:
         del *.exe
cleanall:
         echo cleanall
         del *.obj *.exe

clean:
         echo clean
         del $(ALLOBJS)
         del $(ALLBIN)
-------------
With command line "smake -f test.mak cleanall" it cleans files and prints
"cleanall".
With command line "smake -f test.mak clean" it cleans files and prints
"clean".

Nic Tiger.

"Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌ/ÓÏÏÂÝÉÌÁ × ÎÏ×ÏÓÔÑÈ ÓÌÅÄÕÀÝÅÅ: news:b5bd13$oer$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.
>
> With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
> smake /Fmakefile cleanall
> which works, but
> smake /Fmakefile clean
> does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.
>
>  I have read all 26 pages of the "Managing Code with SMAKE" html file, and
> cannot find an answer. (It may be there, but I do not see it.)
> How do I get smake to work on two macros at the same time as I am trying
to
> do with "clean"? Or is it not possible?
> Obviously, I could use "cleanall", or enter both cleanobjs and cleanbin on
> the command line. Having spent a inordinate amount of time on this
problem,
> however, I am curious.
>
> ALLOBJS = cross.obj crosstest.obj swap.obj string1.obj argv.
> ALLBIN: = cross.exe swap.exe string1.exe argv.execharset.exe hello.exe
>
> cleanobjs:
>          -del *.obj
> cleanbin:
>          -del *.exe
> cleanall:
>          -del *.obj *.exe
>
> clean:
>          -del $(ALLOBJS)
>          -del $(ALLBIN)
>
> Jim J.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Never mind. I found the offending colon.
jwj

"Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b5bd13$oer$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.
>
> With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
> smake /Fmakefile cleanall
> which works, but
> smake /Fmakefile clean
> does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.
>
>  I have read all 26 pages of the "Managing Code with SMAKE" html file, and
> cannot find an answer. (It may be there, but I do not see it.)
> How do I get smake to work on two macros at the same time as I am trying
to
> do with "clean"? Or is it not possible?
> Obviously, I could use "cleanall", or enter both cleanobjs and cleanbin on
> the command line. Having spent a inordinate amount of time on this
problem,
> however, I am curious.
>
> ALLOBJS = cross.obj crosstest.obj swap.obj string1.obj argv.
> ALLBIN: = cross.exe swap.exe string1.exe argv.execharset.exe hello.exe
>
> cleanobjs:
>          -del *.obj
> cleanbin:
>          -del *.exe
> cleanall:
>          -del *.obj *.exe
>
> clean:
>          -del $(ALLOBJS)
>          -del $(ALLBIN)
>
> Jim J.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Have you got Oram & Talbott's "Projects with make" (O'Reilly)? It's old but really good for doing makefiles.


"Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b5bd13$oer$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.
>
> With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
> smake /Fmakefile cleanall
> which works, but
> smake /Fmakefile clean
> does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.
>
>  I have read all 26 pages of the "Managing Code with SMAKE" html file, and
> cannot find an answer. (It may be there, but I do not see it.)
> How do I get smake to work on two macros at the same time as I am trying
to
> do with "clean"? Or is it not possible?
> Obviously, I could use "cleanall", or enter both cleanobjs and cleanbin on
> the command line. Having spent a inordinate amount of time on this
problem,
> however, I am curious.
>
> ALLOBJS = cross.obj crosstest.obj swap.obj string1.obj argv.
> ALLBIN: = cross.exe swap.exe string1.exe argv.execharset.exe hello.exe
>
> cleanobjs:
>          -del *.obj
> cleanbin:
>          -del *.exe
> cleanall:
>          -del *.obj *.exe
>
> clean:
>          -del $(ALLOBJS)
>          -del $(ALLBIN)
>
> Jim J.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Remove the : after the ALLBIN.

"Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b5bd13$oer$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.
>
> With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
> smake /Fmakefile cleanall
> which works, but
> smake /Fmakefile clean
> does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.
>
>  I have read all 26 pages of the "Managing Code with SMAKE" html file, and
> cannot find an answer. (It may be there, but I do not see it.)
> How do I get smake to work on two macros at the same time as I am trying
to
> do with "clean"? Or is it not possible?
> Obviously, I could use "cleanall", or enter both cleanobjs and cleanbin on
> the command line. Having spent a inordinate amount of time on this
problem,
> however, I am curious.
>
> ALLOBJS = cross.obj crosstest.obj swap.obj string1.obj argv.
> ALLBIN: = cross.exe swap.exe string1.exe argv.execharset.exe hello.exe
>
> cleanobjs:
>          -del *.obj
> cleanbin:
>          -del *.exe
> cleanall:
>          -del *.obj *.exe
>
> clean:
>          -del $(ALLOBJS)
>          -del $(ALLBIN)
>
> Jim J.
>
>
>
>
>
>

Wow, you all are sure on the ball. Two answers in less than an hour, and
three in two hours.
The way I finally found the error was by trying "smake /Fmakefile" and it
said it couldn't make =.
Yes, I have the Oram & Talbott make book. I have just begun reading it. It
is based on UNIX, so I have only referred to it occasionally until now. But
I will go into it in depth immediately. I am doing a lot of small exercises,
where I compile a group of programs over and over. A makefile sure helps, I
have discovered. And dmc is the fastest compiler that I have seen -- by far.
It is great!
Thank you all very much, I had spent hours on that bug.
Jim J

"Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b5bd13$oer$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.
>
> With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
> smake /Fmakefile cleanall
> which works, but
> smake /Fmakefile clean
> does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.
>

Jim

You're more than welcome. :)

I've had occasion this week to use DM's make for the first time, and there are a number of differences with the one I've previously favoured (Borland's).

Walter, is it possible to create a separate newsgroup - make ? - so that all the make information can be centralised?

Matthew


"Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b5cshc$1po9$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Wow, you all are sure on the ball. Two answers in less than an hour, and
> three in two hours.
> The way I finally found the error was by trying "smake /Fmakefile" and it
> said it couldn't make =.
> Yes, I have the Oram & Talbott make book. I have just begun reading it. It
> is based on UNIX, so I have only referred to it occasionally until now.
But
> I will go into it in depth immediately. I am doing a lot of small
exercises,
> where I compile a group of programs over and over. A makefile sure helps,
I
> have discovered. And dmc is the fastest compiler that I have seen -- by
far.
> It is great!
> Thank you all very much, I had spent hours on that bug.
> Jim J
>
> "Jim Jennings" <jwjenn@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b5bd13$oer$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I am grass green on makefiles and am trying my first one.
> >
> > With the lines below from the makefile, I have tried:
> > smake /Fmakefile cleanall
> > which works, but
> > smake /Fmakefile clean
> > does not. It will clean out ALLOBJS, but not ALLBIN.
> >
>
>
>

"Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:b5d7h5$21le$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Jim
>
> You're more than welcome. :)
>
> I've had occasion this week to use DM's make for the first time, and there are a number of differences with the one I've previously favoured (Borland's).
>
> Walter, is it possible to create a separate newsgroup - make ? - so that
all
> the make information can be centralised?

There's been a lot of traffic recently on smake, but that's pretty rare.

Is that a no?

;)


"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b5dbav$24kb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:b5d7h5$21le$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Jim
> >
> > You're more than welcome. :)
> >
> > I've had occasion this week to use DM's make for the first time, and
there
> > are a number of differences with the one I've previously favoured
> > (Borland's).
> >
> > Walter, is it possible to create a separate newsgroup - make ? - so that
> all
> > the make information can be centralised?
>
> There's been a lot of traffic recently on smake, but that's pretty rare.
>
>