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How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?

I'm writing a makefile that will clean up some useless files at the end of the compilation. If a target has already been made, it will of course skip that target and the useless file may not be there. So if I do this: rm lexer.ml interpparse.ml…
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How to run make file from any directory?

In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even if i am in any directory?
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How to setup vim to edit both Makefile and normal code files with two different types of indentation?

I am using Mac OSX 10.7.5, the contents of .vimrc is as follow: set tabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 set softtabstop=4 set expandtab set shiftround set smarttab set autoindent set copyindent autocmd FileType make setlocal noexpandtab What I am…
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How to use makefiles on Windows

I have a LaTeX project using make files for compilation and want to write the texts on Windows using Kile. I had a quick look on google but only really came up with Make for Windows the last version of which dates back to 2006. Maybe it is just…
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How to escape "$@" in a makefile?

test: @echo "#!/bin/bash\njava -classpath \"$(CLASSPATH)\" com.atm.ATM \"$@\"" > test @chmod a+x test I am trying to escape the "$@" so that it literally appears in the "test" script as "$@" (passing the arguments invoked on the bash script…
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Makefile fails to install file correctly, installing HPL

I started installing HPL a while ago and had a related question. I've been following along with this guide from Intel. I figure this warrants a whole new one. When I try to make the archive, the output seems fine until the end, where it gives an…
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For simple projects, what do makefiles offer over "plain" bash scripts?

For example, if I'm developing a front-end only website, I might have several CoffeeScript files, several Sass files, several HTML Files, and a few images. The CoffeeScript files need to be compiled to JavaScript, the Sass files need to be compiled…
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Unable to preserve hard links. Why?

I'm trying to create a Makefile that would automate remastering Knoppix distribution. I'm trying to copy filesystem from the read-only compressed loop device to normal filesystem to be able to modify it and then compress it to replace the old one.…
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cd in a Makefile doesn't seems to be taken into account after sshfs

I have a Makefile with a sshfs command followed with a cd command: mr: # mount-remote sshfs -p 5022 -o nonempty myname@myssh.serveur.fr:mnt /home/julien/myworking_path cd ./working_directory_mwe1/wk_subd_mwe2/ The first command,…
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Should make contain `-rm` or `rm -f`

The question should be clear from the title, but here goes. Which is better, or, are there any better options: thing: rm -f a.file b.file doTheMake thing: -rm a.file b.file doTheMake I want always to delete a.file and b.file…
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How do I write a Makefile target for hundreds of numbered files?

I have some art projects that use blender as part of the toolchain. I would like to be able to write a Makefile target which specifies that several hundred files can be updated with a single command. The following syntax does not actually work,…
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Diff in bash script?

I've been toying around with makefiles and bash scripts and I'm interested in this: Is it possible to get a boolean value from a diff(or something similar) so that I can use it in a bash script to evaluate an if statement(so that the user will not…
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Use matlab in makefiles etc. How to speed things up?

I use a lot of matlab to process data etc. Yet I find my workflow a bit of sluggish, so I was wondering if I could speed things up a little using makefiles. What I would like to do is write an .m file which, when called, creates a file with all of…
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Send env to a makefile target

I am trying to set an env var which is git sha1 commit for a makefile target. I am setting a lot of env vars and only this fails with no such file or directory error. I am hell confused. Please help me pass this as env var to my makefile target.…
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How to install elinks on Windows Vista?

I am using bash-3.2 shell through cygwin to try to install elinks browser on my system. I am following this documentation to install. I am executing the following command: ./configure && make && make install The setup fails saying: error: C…
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