Re: Gmake: just execute commant

[Paul D. Smith]

%% kristof.loots@gmail.com writes:

  kl> I have a huge makefile with about 30 main targets each with there
  kl> dependencies.

  kl> I want to log to a file whenever the make file is execute by which
  kl> user, date, and which main target is selected.  I have no access
  kl> to command line options because the gmake command is called from a
  kl> software tool.

Add this to your makefile:

  MAKELOG = mylogfile
  $(shell echo "`date`:`whoami`: $(MAKE) $(MAKECMDGOALS)" > $(MAKELOG))

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