RE: New to gmake

[PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)]

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> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of sharan
> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:52 AM
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> Subject: New to gmake
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> Being new to make, I have some very basic questions
> 
> -- how to pass command line value to make 
>   e.g. If I want to pass a command line arg to make and use that 
>   when I run command

Try this to pass in command line arguments

gmake  ARG1=some_val ARG2=another_val

ARG1 and ARG2 can now be accessed with the makefile just like any other
variable

$(ARG1)


> 
> -- can I specify both VPATH and vpath in a single file. Or does 
> defining VPATH render vpath useless ?
> 
> Regards,
> Sharan
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