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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 |