makefile monitoring technique

[Bernie Zelitch]

Hi everyone,

If you've ever just wanted to get the list of fully expanded command lines from a makefile, the make -n option isn't always strong enough. I've been using a more powerful technique which involves pointing the SHELL variable to a custom-written shell script monitor.

 

I thought others might be interested, so I wrote a paper on it. You can find it at:

http://pws.prserv.net/releaseGenie/papers/buildMonitor.html 

 

Let me know how this works for you.

 

--Bernie Zelitch