%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: g> Each .r file in RES is generated by running an .exe, which in turn is g> generated by compiling a .f.
g> Everything builds and runs okay, but the .INTERMEDIATE target does not g> work the way I expect, in two ways: g> 1. It does not remove each .exe after using it to build a .r. When a g> single .r has finished being built, I expect its intermediate .exe g> prerequisite to be removed. That's not the way it works. The intermediate files are all removed only at the end of make's processing. Make cannot know whether a given target will need to be used more than once during a build, so it can't delete them "as it goes". If it did then it would have to re-build them the next time they were needed, which is bogus. g> I tried a smaller, similar makefile, and it removed the .exe's after g> every target was built. This shouldn't happen and I can't reproduce it in my testing. You must be doing something drastically different here: maybe running make recursively instead. g> 2. It does not remove any .exe files if it is aborted by user interrupt g> (CTRL-C). All .exe files remain. I can't reproduce this either: in my tests intermediate files are removed at ^C. g> When are intermediate targets removed, if they are prerequisites to a g> large number of pattern targets, which in turn are prerequisites to a g> single target? The docs are not clear on exactly when removal occurs g> and whether it is delayed, and whether parallelism (-j) or recursive g> makes can change when an intermediate target is removed. None of these things makes any difference. Intermediate files are removed after all rules are run, right before make exits. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
