Makefile for pandoc

Makefile

# Produce PDFs from all Markdown files in a directory

# List files to be made by finding all *.md files and appending .pdf
PDFS := $(patsubst %.md,%.pdf,$(wildcard *.md))

# The all rule makes all the PDF files listed
all : $(PDFS)

# This generic rule accepts PDF targets with corresponding Markdown 
# source, and makes them using pandoc
%.pdf : %.md
        # Conversion to PDF file
        pandoc -V geometry:paperwidth=21cm -V geometry:paperheight=29.4cm -V geometry:margin=.5cm --highlight-style tango -f markdown $< -o $@

# Remove all PDF outputs
clean :
        rm $(PDFS)

# Remove all PDF outputs then build them again
rebuild : clean all