On Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 08:04:32PM +0200, Johan Danielsson wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sascha Demetrio) writes:
: > I've seen -q for ``Quiet mode'' and -q for ``Question mode''
: > (i.e. check if the target is up-to-date without building it).
:
: Care to give an example of a make where -q means quiet?
Sorry, I said that (IRIX make). I didn't find a manpage, and interpreted
the lack of output when I did a "make -q" as quiet mode. After digging
around I found the manpage:
| -q Return a zero exit value if the target file is up-to-date;
| otherwise, return an exit value of 1 (one). Targets will not
| be updated if this option is specified. However, a command
| line (associated with the targets) with a plus sign (+)
| prefix will be executed.
Lars J
