> However, the pdf barfs. Is there a wrap error in your post, or is > "$<" a construct I'm not familiar with?
When using pattern rules (wildcards) in Makefiles, there are some variables you can use to expand to the part of the filenames that match the wildcards. Example: %.pdf : %.ps Makefile ps2pdf $< > $@ If we're converting "page.ps" to "page.pdf", some useful variables are as follows: $@ page.pdf (the target) $< page.ps (the first depends-on file) $^ "page.ps Makefile" (all depends-on files) $* page (the part that matched the '%') _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user