New Project Makefile

makefile

# Makefile for Scott Nunemacher

# Makefile format:
# target: dependencies
#   actions


# By default, make these targets
all: newest.txt not-newest.txt variable-content.txt

# Clean out all of our previously made text files
clean:
    @rm -rf *.txt

# Write out the content of newest.txt
# ('$@' is a macro for the target filename)
newest.txt:
    @echo "This is the newest text file called $@." > $@

# Write the contents of the dependency to the target file
# ('$<' is a macro for the first dependecy's filename
not-newest.txt: newest.txt
    @cat $< > $@

VARCONTENT = "Some content stored in a variable"
variable-content.txt:
    @echo "$(VARCONTENT)" > $@