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> On Behalf Of Sébastien BARTHÉLEMY
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 5:18 AM
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> Subject: kind of double depency
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm facing a makefile with following rule :
> 
> $(CFILES): %.scilab : %.sci
>       $(SCITOC) $< >$(@)

This means that for every file in $(CFILES) that is of form XXX.scilab there is 
a dependancy on file XXX.sci.  In the rule, $@ would be XXX.scilib, $< would be 
XXX.sci.
In the docs these are called "Static Pattern Rules".

Best Regards,

Lynne Lawrence

> 
> I'd like to know what exactly means the a : b : c construction and
> cannot find it in the "info make" pages nor on the web. It's probably
> a keyword problem, I'm always falling back on double-colons (::)
> explanations.
> 
> Any hint on what/where I should look for ?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> best regards
> 
> (please, reply by mail directly)
> 
> -- 
> Sébastien BARTHÉLEMY
> 
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