Is there a way to tell make to apply a rule to every file that matches a pattern?
I am working on a project that has a directory structure that looks a bit like this:
inputs/
a.txt
b.txt
c.txt
outputs/
a.out
b.out
c.out
makefile
The files in the outputs folder are generated from the files in the inputs folder and I want to automatically update them whenever one of the input files changes.
I tried to do this by creating a makefile with a pattern rule. (To keep this question simple, I'm just copying the input file instead of transforming it)
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.out
cp $< $@
However, this makefile didn't quite do what I want. If I run make outputs/a.txt it will apply the rule that I wrote and regenerate the output file if it is outdated but if I just run make then nothing happens:
make: *** No targets. Stop.
Is there a way to tell make that by default I want to generate an output file for every file in the inputs folder?
edit: made the output files have a different file suffix than the input files.
make
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
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asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
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I am working on a project that has a directory structure that looks a bit like this:
inputs/
a.txt
b.txt
c.txt
outputs/
a.out
b.out
c.out
makefile
The files in the outputs folder are generated from the files in the inputs folder and I want to automatically update them whenever one of the input files changes.
I tried to do this by creating a makefile with a pattern rule. (To keep this question simple, I'm just copying the input file instead of transforming it)
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.out
cp $< $@
However, this makefile didn't quite do what I want. If I run make outputs/a.txt it will apply the rule that I wrote and regenerate the output file if it is outdated but if I just run make then nothing happens:
make: *** No targets. Stop.
Is there a way to tell make that by default I want to generate an output file for every file in the inputs folder?
edit: made the output files have a different file suffix than the input files.
make
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
add a comment |
I am working on a project that has a directory structure that looks a bit like this:
inputs/
a.txt
b.txt
c.txt
outputs/
a.out
b.out
c.out
makefile
The files in the outputs folder are generated from the files in the inputs folder and I want to automatically update them whenever one of the input files changes.
I tried to do this by creating a makefile with a pattern rule. (To keep this question simple, I'm just copying the input file instead of transforming it)
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.out
cp $< $@
However, this makefile didn't quite do what I want. If I run make outputs/a.txt it will apply the rule that I wrote and regenerate the output file if it is outdated but if I just run make then nothing happens:
make: *** No targets. Stop.
Is there a way to tell make that by default I want to generate an output file for every file in the inputs folder?
edit: made the output files have a different file suffix than the input files.
make
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
I am working on a project that has a directory structure that looks a bit like this:
inputs/
a.txt
b.txt
c.txt
outputs/
a.out
b.out
c.out
makefile
The files in the outputs folder are generated from the files in the inputs folder and I want to automatically update them whenever one of the input files changes.
I tried to do this by creating a makefile with a pattern rule. (To keep this question simple, I'm just copying the input file instead of transforming it)
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.out
cp $< $@
However, this makefile didn't quite do what I want. If I run make outputs/a.txt it will apply the rule that I wrote and regenerate the output file if it is outdated but if I just run make then nothing happens:
make: *** No targets. Stop.
Is there a way to tell make that by default I want to generate an output file for every file in the inputs folder?
edit: made the output files have a different file suffix than the input files.
make
make
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
edited 23 mins ago
Michael Homer
49.8k8134174
49.8k8134174
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
asked Dec 6 '16 at 19:51
hugomghugomg
1,88931635
1,88931635
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You would typically do this with a makefile something like this:
IN = $(wildcard inputs/*.txt)
OUT = $(subst inputs/,outputs/,$(IN))
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.txt
cp $< $@
default: $(OUT)
This makes the default target (the first one in the file), depend on OUT which is the glob expansion of the existing files in IN with the directory string changed from inputs to outputs.
If you want to change the suffix there are lots of other builtin functions to manipulate the targets. For example you can add an intervening operation:
IN2 = $(addsuffix .out,$(basename $(IN)))
The basename function will remove the trailing .txt, and the addsuffix will add a trailing .out.
answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
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What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in theoutputsfolder to something other thantxt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...
– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
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You would typically do this with a makefile something like this:
IN = $(wildcard inputs/*.txt)
OUT = $(subst inputs/,outputs/,$(IN))
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.txt
cp $< $@
default: $(OUT)
This makes the default target (the first one in the file), depend on OUT which is the glob expansion of the existing files in IN with the directory string changed from inputs to outputs.
If you want to change the suffix there are lots of other builtin functions to manipulate the targets. For example you can add an intervening operation:
IN2 = $(addsuffix .out,$(basename $(IN)))
The basename function will remove the trailing .txt, and the addsuffix will add a trailing .out.
answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
32.4k12054
What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in theoutputsfolder to something other thantxt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...
– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
add a comment |
You would typically do this with a makefile something like this:
IN = $(wildcard inputs/*.txt)
OUT = $(subst inputs/,outputs/,$(IN))
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.txt
cp $< $@
default: $(OUT)
This makes the default target (the first one in the file), depend on OUT which is the glob expansion of the existing files in IN with the directory string changed from inputs to outputs.
If you want to change the suffix there are lots of other builtin functions to manipulate the targets. For example you can add an intervening operation:
IN2 = $(addsuffix .out,$(basename $(IN)))
The basename function will remove the trailing .txt, and the addsuffix will add a trailing .out.
answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
32.4k12054
What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in theoutputsfolder to something other thantxt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...
– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
add a comment |
You would typically do this with a makefile something like this:
IN = $(wildcard inputs/*.txt)
OUT = $(subst inputs/,outputs/,$(IN))
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.txt
cp $< $@
default: $(OUT)
This makes the default target (the first one in the file), depend on OUT which is the glob expansion of the existing files in IN with the directory string changed from inputs to outputs.
If you want to change the suffix there are lots of other builtin functions to manipulate the targets. For example you can add an intervening operation:
IN2 = $(addsuffix .out,$(basename $(IN)))
The basename function will remove the trailing .txt, and the addsuffix will add a trailing .out.
answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
32.4k12054
You would typically do this with a makefile something like this:
IN = $(wildcard inputs/*.txt)
OUT = $(subst inputs/,outputs/,$(IN))
outputs/%.txt: inputs/%.txt
cp $< $@
default: $(OUT)
This makes the default target (the first one in the file), depend on OUT which is the glob expansion of the existing files in IN with the directory string changed from inputs to outputs.
If you want to change the suffix there are lots of other builtin functions to manipulate the targets. For example you can add an intervening operation:
IN2 = $(addsuffix .out,$(basename $(IN)))
The basename function will remove the trailing .txt, and the addsuffix will add a trailing .out.
answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
32.4k12054
edited Dec 6 '16 at 21:02
answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
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answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
meuhmeuh
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answered Dec 6 '16 at 20:33
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What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in theoutputsfolder to something other thantxt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...
– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
add a comment |
What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in theoutputsfolder to something other thantxt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...
– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in the
outputs folder to something other than txt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
What if I want to change the file suffix for the files in the
outputs folder to something other than txt? I can't think of a clean way to do that with subst...– hugomg
Dec 6 '16 at 20:49
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
There are many functions in gnu make. I updated my answer with an example.
– meuh
Dec 6 '16 at 21:04
add a comment |
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