Make 1.00

Make is a Perl module for processing makefiles.

SYNOPSIS

require Make;
my $make = Make->new(...);
$make->parse($file);
$make->Script(@ARGV)
$make->Make(@ARGV)
$make->Print(@ARGV)

my $targ = $make->Target($name);
$targ->colon([dependancy...],[command...]);
$targ->dolon([dependancy...],[command...]);
my @depends = $targ->colon->depend;
my @commands = $targ->colon->command;

Make->new creates an object if new(Makefile => $file) is specified then it is parsed. If not the usual makefile Makefile sequence is used. (If GNU => 1 is passed to new then GNUmakefile is looked for first.)

$make->Make(target...) makes the target(s) specified (or the first real target in the makefile).

$make->Print can be used to print to current selected stream a form of the makefile with all variables expanded.

$make->Script(target...) can be used to print to current selected stream the equivalent bourne shell script that a make would perform i.e. the output of make -n.

There are other methods (used by parse) which can be used to add and manipulate targets and their dependants. There is a hierarchy of classes which is still evolving. These classes and their methods will be documented when they are a little more stable.

The syntax of makefile accepted is reasonably generic, but I have not re-read any documentation yet, rather I have implemented my own mental model of how make works (then fixed it...).

In addition to traditional

.c.o :
$(CC) -c ...

GNU makes pattern rules e.g.

%.o : %.c
$(CC) -c ...

Likewise a subset of GNU makes $(function arg...) syntax is supported.
Via pmake Make has built perl/Tk from the MakeMaker generated Makefiles...