#I have a bunch of files that follow the naming convention
#soxfile1 soxfile1.o soxfile1.sh soxfile1.ini soxfile1.txt soxfile1.err
#soxfile2 soxfile2.o soxfile2.sh soxfile2.ini soxfile2.txt soxfile2.err
#sox... .... ..... .... .... ....
#in the makefile, only select the soxfile1.. soxfile2... to install dir
#My GNU makefile solution follows:
tgt=/usr/local/bin/ #need to use sudo
tgt2=/backup/myapplication/ #regular backup
install:
for var in $$(ls -f sox* | grep -v '\.' ) ; \
do \
sudo cp -f $$var ${TGT} ; \
cp -f $$var ${TGT2} ; \
done
#The ls command selects all the soxfile* including the *.something
#The grep command rejects names with a dot in it, leaving
#My desired executable files in a list.
include gmtt/gmtt.mk
# generate a list of 20 numbers, starting at 3 with an increment of 5
NUMBER_LIST := $(call interval,3,20,5)
# convert the numbers in hexadecimal (0x0 as first operand forces arithmetic result to hex) and strip '0x'
NUMBER_LIST_IN_HEX := $(foreach n,$(NUMBER_LIST),$(call lstrip,$(call add,0x0,$(n)),0x))
# finally create the filenames with a simple patsubst
FILE_LIST := $(patsubst %,./a%.out,$(NUMBER_LIST_IN_HEX))
$(info $(FILE_LIST))
$ make
JOIN: f1.c_f1.o f2.cpp_f2.o f3.cpp_f3.o
TARGET: f1.c_f1.o
VAR1: f1.c
VAR2: f1.o
You can even substitute you loop variable VAR3: f1.x
#g++ -o f1.o f1.c
TARGET: f2.cpp_f2.o
VAR1: f2.cpp
VAR2: f2.o
You can even substitute you loop variable VAR3: f2.x
#g++ -o f2.o f2.cpp
TARGET: f3.cpp_f3.o
VAR1: f3.cpp
VAR2: f3.o
You can even substitute you loop variable VAR3: f3.x
#g++ -o f3.o f3.cpp
make showFile -s
output:
"C:/...\1.txt"
"C:/.../myDir\bar.go"
"C:/.../myDir\foo.go" // since `.//**.js`
"C:/.../myDir/subDir\qoo.js" // `.//**.js` can't but `*/**/*.js` is OK