Re: simple pattern rules

[Stephan Beal]

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Payal <address@hidden> wrote:

2 questions on this,
1. Why does this not work?
all : $(wildcard *.cdb)

That can only work if the .cdb files already exist. Wildcard does not generate strings for non-existent files. To do that you could use:

all: $(patsubst %,%.cdb, a b)

or, assuming all of your input files already exist:

all: $(patsubst %.tcp, %.cdb, $(wildcard *.tcp))

2. How can I avoid listing explicitly?
a.cdb :
b.cdb :

You can also pass them on the command line:

   make a.cdb

but of course that's annoying.

Your makefile must SOMEHOW get the list. Whether you specify it on the command line or via $(patsubst) or something else is up to you.

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