RE: how make interprets directory which are prerequisites

[Dave Korn]

On 18 January 2007 09:35, sharan basappa wrote:

> When a directory itself is given as a prerequisite, how does make intrepret
> it ..


  Same way as anything else: it checks the timestamp, and if it's newer than
the target then the target needs rebuilding.

> in the context of a recursive make, this is the example I see in a book ..
> It is simple phony targets that are doing the trick or make has special
> way to handle directories ..

  We had a thread about this just last week, and John Graham-Cumming posted a
link to an article he wrote all about building directories in make...

http://www.cmcrossroads.com/content/view/6936/120/

  Highly recommended reading!

    cheers,
      DaveK
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