| Title: | DIGITAL UNIX (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1) |
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| Created: | Thu Mar 16 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I'm just getting my feet wet on Unix and I have some basic questions that I hope someone can help with (another problem is that I don't have access to a Unix system just yet, but I'm working on that). What are the rules on using Comments within a Makefile? I know that the pound character (#) must be in the first column. Anything else? Is this valid syntax for a makefile? Thanks -Dan # # # Compiling STDL task workspaces # # (* _ZCOMPILE_WKSP.._ *) # # MYMTAB_wcompstart* mymtabw.h : mymtabw.std stdl $(SFLAGS) -c mymtabw.std # # MYMTAB_wcompend% # (* _..ZCOMPILE_WKSP_ *) # # Compiling Task0 group STDL file # tp_proj_task0_grp_svr.o : tp_proj0.std \ # (* _ZTASK0_GRP_WKSP.._ *) # # MYMTAB_wt0grpstart* mymtabw.std \ # # MYMTAB_wt0grpend% # (* _..ZTASK0_GRP_WKSP_ *) tp_projt.std stdl $(STDL_DEBUG) $(SFLAGS) -c tp_proj0.std # # # Compiling tasks in the Task0 group STDL file # tp_proj1.o : tp_proj1.std \ # (* _ZTASK0_WKSP.._ *) # # MYMTAB_wt0start* mymtabw.std \ # # MYMTAB_wt0end% # (* _..ZTASK0_WKSP_ *) tp_proj0.std \ tp_projt.std stdl $(STDL_DEBUG) $(SFLAGS) -t tp_proj1.std # # # Compiling Task group STDL file # tp_proj_task_grp_cli.o \ tp_proj_task_grp_svr.o : tp_projt.std \ # (* _ZTASK_GRP_WKSP.._ *) # # MYMTAB_wtgrpstart* mymtabw.std \ # # MYMTAB_wtgrpend% # (* _..ZTASK_GRP_WKSP_ *) tp_proj0.std stdl $(STDL_DEBUG) $(SFLAGS) -c tp_projt.std
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| 9004.1 | VAXCPU::michaud | Jeff Michaud - ObjectBroker | Fri Feb 28 1997 15:05 | 23 | |
> What are the rules on using Comments within a Makefile? I know that the > pound character (#) must be in the first column. Anything else? I would not comment out lines in a makefile that follow an un-commented out line that has the continuation character at the end, as in the following: > tp_proj1.o : tp_proj1.std \ > # (* _ZTASK0_WKSP.._ *) > # # MYMTAB_wt0start* > mymtabw.std \ > # # MYMTAB_wt0end% > # (* _..ZTASK0_WKSP_ *) > tp_proj0.std \ > tp_projt.std I've found this confuses make (if not on Digital UNIX, at least on some other platforms). And as I've also recently learned, I'm glad to see you have white space around the `:' that separates the target(s) from the dependencies, as VMS's make (MMS) does not like the `:' to be appended to the target name. | |||||
| 9004.2 | DRAGN::BOURQUARD | This is not here | Mon Mar 03 1997 11:22 | 11 | |
Thanks Jeff, that's a big help! The history behind this is that I'm working on a code generator that creates Visual Basic/ACMSxp client server applications. One of the features is that the code can be modified after generation and the changes will be retained by the generator. We do this through comments in the source code. We may have to come up with a better algorithm for identifying the code. Thanks again. Dan | |||||