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diff --git a/manual.en.html b/manual.en.html index fbeb65c..e54dda0 100755 --- a/manual.en.html +++ b/manual.en.html @@ -520,6 +520,19 @@ root of the source tree. Here's an example:</p> <pre class="example gpr">for Source_Dirs use ($Srcdir & "/tools");</pre> +<h3 id="rules">Writing Make Rules</h3> + +<h4 id="making_directories">Making Directories</h4> + +<p>There is no need to write rules to make directories. Comfignat has a pattern +rule that matches all pathnames that end with a slash, and creates the +directory and its ancestors. Just specify the directory as an order-only +prerequisite and be sure to append a slash. This rule ensures that the +directory <var>data</var> exists before the file <var>db</var> is written:</p> + +<pre class="example make">${stage_statedir}/example/data/db: | ${stage_statedir}/example/data/ + echo stuff > $@</pre> + <h3 id="targets">Make Targets</h3> <p>These phony targets are defined in <var>comfignat.mk</var>:</p> @@ -627,6 +640,8 @@ working in subdirectories use the right build and staging directories.</p></li> <li><p>The ability to save environment variables in the persistent configuration was added.</p></li> +<li><p>The pattern rule for making directories was added.</p></li> + <li><p>The Make targets <var>all</var>, <var>base</var> and <var>show_configuration</var> were added.</p></li> </ul> |