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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:18:37 +0100 |
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Citeren "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden>:
> %% address@hidden writes:
>
> d> I have two direcories:
> d> - xmldocs with files named abc<pattern>def.xml
> d> - txtdocs with files named rst<pattern>uvw.txt
>
> d> There's a command which converts xml to txt, f.e. abc001def.xml to
> d> rst001uvw.txt.
>
> d> I'm looking for a rule that for every xml file in xmldocs
> d> looks in txtdocs for the corresponding txt-version of the
> d> file. If it is older or doesn't exist then it has to be made.
>
> d> xmldocs/abc%def.xml: txtdocs/rst%uvw.txt
> d> convert $@ $<
>
> That's good.
>
> d> I tried this, but you have to call make for every file in
> d> xmldocs. I would like make to detect new(er) xml files and convert
> d> them to txt automatically.
>
> You have to tell make what you want to build. Add a line like this:
>
> XML_FILES = abc001def.xml abc002def.xml <...>
>
> .PHONY: all
> all: $(XML_FILES:abc%def.xml=txtdocs/rst%uvw.txt)
>
> and away you go.
>
> If you want make to determine the list for you, do something like:
>
> XML_FILES := $(wildcard xmldocs/abc*def.xml)
>
> .PHONY: all
> all: $(XML_FILES:xmldocs/abc%def.xml=txtdocs/rst%uvw.txt)
>
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your answer. This is exactly what I needed.
Bye,
Douwe.