%% "Sudhir Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tim posted some good comments; here's an answer to this specific
question:
ss> But all the ".texi" files reside in another directory
ss> /home/ssharma/docs-project/docs/src/. I have consulted the GNU Make User's
ss> Manual and have attempted the following:
ss> TEXI_SRC:=${vpath %.texi src}
As Tim points out, this syntax is not valid.
ss> instead of:
ss> TEXI_SRC:=${wildcard *.texi}
ss> as src is a subdirectory to the current directory.
ss> But it seems that make isn't searching the directory "src" and
ss> leaving the macro "TEXI_SRC" empty. If "vpath %.texi src" returns
ss> the ".texi" files from the directory "src", shouldn't this be
ss> valid?
No.
The wildcard function doesn't interact with VPATH or vpath at all.
Wildcard does simple, straightforward file globbing. Think of it like
"ls".
If you run $(wildcard *.texi) it will do the same thing as "ls *.texi".
If the files are in a subdirectory src, you want $(wildcard src/*.texi).
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