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authorRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>1993-06-10 01:52:27 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>1993-06-10 01:52:27 +0000
commit46a5b5adcc9f60c4231c43d9c3ad7e4259a3356a (patch)
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parent4694e31659e351cca6626b70936e52068f981b53 (diff)
downloadgunmake-46a5b5adcc9f60c4231c43d9c3ad7e4259a3356a.tar.gz
Formerly make.texinfo.~98~
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo
index efcb92b..9ec8a8f 100644
--- a/make.texinfo
+++ b/make.texinfo
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
@set EDITION 0.43
@set VERSION 3.68 Beta
-@set UPDATED 26 May 1993
-@set UPDATE-MONTH May 1993
+@set UPDATED 9 June 1993
+@set UPDATE-MONTH June 1993
@c finalout
@@ -5443,8 +5443,8 @@ files := $(shell echo *.c)
@noindent
sets @code{files} to the expansion of @samp{*.c}. Unless @code{make} is
-using a very strange shell, this has the same result as @samp{$(wildcard
-*.c)}.@refill
+using a very strange shell, this has the same result as
+@w{@samp{$(wildcard *.c)}}.@refill
@node Running, Implicit Rules, Functions, Top
@chapter How to Run @code{make}
@@ -7556,6 +7556,27 @@ foolib(hack.o) : hack.o
In fact, nearly all archive member targets are updated in just this way
and there is an implicit rule to do it for you.
+To specify several members in the same archive, you can write all the
+member names together between the parentheses. For example:
+
+@example
+foolib(hack.o kludge.o)
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+is equivalent to:
+
+@example
+foolib(hack.o) foolib(kludge.o)
+@end example
+
+@cindex wildcard, in archive member
+You can also use shell-style wildcards in an archive member reference.
+@xref{Wildcards, ,Using Wildcard Characters in File Names}. For
+example, @w{@samp{foolib(*.o)}} expands to all existing members of the
+@file{foolib} archive whose names end in @samp{.o}; perhaps
+@samp{@w{foolib(hack.o)} @w{foolib(kludge.o)}}.
+
@node Archive Update, Archive Suffix Rules, Archive Members, Archives
@section Implicit Rule for Archive Member Targets