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d> I have two direcories:
d> - xmldocs with files named abc<pattern>def.xml
d> - txtdocs with files named rst<pattern>uvw.txt
d> There's a command which converts xml to txt, f.e. abc001def.xml to
d> rst001uvw.txt.
d> I'm looking for a rule that for every xml file in xmldocs
d> looks in txtdocs for the corresponding txt-version of the
d> file. If it is older or doesn't exist then it has to be made.
d> xmldocs/abc%def.xml: txtdocs/rst%uvw.txt
d> convert $@ $<
That's good.
d> I tried this, but you have to call make for every file in
d> xmldocs. I would like make to detect new(er) xml files and convert
d> them to txt automatically.
You have to tell make what you want to build. Add a line like this:
XML_FILES = abc001def.xml abc002def.xml <...>
.PHONY: all
all: $(XML_FILES:abc%def.xml=txtdocs/rst%uvw.txt)
and away you go.
If you want make to determine the list for you, do something like:
XML_FILES := $(wildcard xmldocs/abc*def.xml)
.PHONY: all
all: $(XML_FILES:xmldocs/abc%def.xml=txtdocs/rst%uvw.txt)
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