Re: Makefile target selection

[Jens . Toerring]

In comp.unix.programmer zuheyr alsalihi <zuheyr@skynet.be> wrote:
> Is there any way to know in a Makefile which target is wanted to build?
> E.g. if I have targets all, A and B, how can I use conditionals in the
> Makefile depening on the target?

The MAKECMDGOALS variable is automatically set to the list of
goals (i.e. targets) you specified on the command line. So you
can do something like

ifeq($MAKECMDGOALS,all)
   do something
endif

Take care, it seems to be GNU make specific.

                                  Regards, Jens
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