.TH Make 8 "" "Make #VERSION#" ""
.SH NAME
Make \- somewhat more powerfull alternative to make
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBMake [options]\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBMake\fP checks currentness of compiled files and generates commands for compilation of outdated files as specified by regex-aware rules.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-A, \-\-Ausgabe Ausgabedatei"
store commands in \fIAusgabedatei\fP
.TP
.B "\-H, \-\-Hilfe"
display help screen
.TP
.B "\-W, \-\-Watte"
just print what would be done
.TP
.B "\-D, \-\-Datei Machdatei"
read rules from \fIMachdatei\fP
.TP
.B "\-P, \-\-Prüfsummen Prüfsummendatei"
read/store checksums in \fIPrüfsummendatei\fP
.TP
.B "\-a, \-\-alleSummenErneuern"
refresh all checksums
.TP
.B "\-u, \-\-unsicher"
accept running jobs outside of directory of \fIAusgabedatei\fP or \fIPrüfsummendatei\fP
.SH SYNTAX
Empty lines and lines beginning with \fB#\fP are ignored.
.PP
The file starts with definition of files:
.TP
.B "/path/to/files"
add these files to currentness control
.TP
.B "-r /path/to/files"
recursively add these files and directories to currentness control
.PP
The rest of the file consists of compilation rules, each consisting of two consecutive lines:
.TP
The \fBfirst\fP line is a regex-aware rule for identifying dependencies and must not end on \fB;\fP.
.TP
.B "1>1 target:sourceRegEx"
Each file matching \fIsourceRegEx\fP generates one \fItarget\fP.
.TP
.B "n>n target:sourceRegEx"
All files matching \fIsourceRegEx\fP contribute simultanously in generating \fItarget\fP (possibly multiple files).
.TP
The \fBsecond\fP line contains commands to refresh the targets and must end on \fB;\fP.
.SH SUBSTITUTIONS
Some substitutions and macros are recognized:
.TP
.B "%nurmit'filePart'"
only apply rule / consider source file if name of source file contains \fIfilePart\fP
.TP
.B "%nurohne'filePart'"
opposite of \fB%nurmit'filePart'\fP
.TP
.B "%in"
file name and path of source file
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.B "%ifile"
file name of source file
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.B "%basename"
file name of source file without extension(s)
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.B "%basedir(number)"
path to source file stripped by last \fInumber\fP directory components
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.B "%basedir"
path so source file.
Identical to \fB%basedir(0)\fP.
.TP
.B "%BASEDIR"
path to \fIMachdatei\fP
.TP
.B "%num'string'"
last decimal number in \fIstring\fP.
E.g. \fB%num'abc123def456ghi'\fP becomes \fB456\fP.
.SH AUTHOR
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Erich Eckner <opensource at eckner dot net>
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