On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 11:21 PM Dmitry Goncharov <dgoncha...@users.sf.net> wrote: > > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 7:45 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahi...@kernel.org> wrote: > > The main purpose is to prepend '.' to the file name > > in order to hide less-important files. > > > > For example, like this: > > > > a/b.x --> a/.b.timestamp > > p/q/r.x --> p/q/.r.timestamp > > $ ls -F > a/ makefile p/ > $ ls a/ > b.x > $ ls p/q/ > r.x > $ cat makefile > all: a/.b.timestamp p/q/.r.timestamp > .%.timestamp: %.x; $(info building $@ from $<) > $ make > building a/.b.timestamp from a/b.x > building p/q/.r.timestamp from p/q/r.x > make: Nothing to be done for 'all'. > > > regards, Dmitry
Thanks, I was misunderstanding the pattern rule. I just thought .%.timestamp: %.x; $(info building $@ from $<) would create .a/b.timestamp from a/b.x So, % matches a part of the file name, excluding the directory path, correct? -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
