At one point I was trying to do something similar. The problem I ran into was that the interactivity occurred each time the makefile was parsed and reparsed. I've since put this on hold indefinitely.
Noel "Paul D. Smith" wrote: > > %% "Gustavo A. Baratto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > gab> is there any other way to handle user input? I came up with this, > gab> but I think it is pretty lame. pretty sure there a smarter way to > gab> this... > > Make is not designed to be an interactive tool; it's designed and > intended to be non-interactive. So, no, I don't know of any > fundamentally better way to do what you're asking (although if it were > me I wouldn't bother with creating shell scripts, etc. and I'd just > do it something like this: > > QUERYUSER = $(shell echo "$1" 1>&2; read input; echo $$input) > > VALUE1 := $(call QUERYUSER, Enter value 1:) > VALUE2 := $(call QUERYUSER, Enter value 2:) > > This does write the prompt to stderr instead of stdout, but... > > But, if it _really_ were up to me I wouldn't use interactivity at all. > I'd check if the variables were set and if not I'd just fail, and have > people set them on the command line: > > ifndef VALUE1 > $(error Please set the VALUE1 variable.") > endif > ifndef VALUE2 > $(error Please set the VALUE2 variable.") > endif > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: > http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist > > _______________________________________________ > Help-make mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
