Hi Chris,
thx for the answer. Had a look at Ant..ugh...a whole bunch of syntax to
learn. Curious to know if u have fav XML editor for the files?
Where can I get a make binary/bat file that can parse-execute the Makefiles
in the various source directories?
Lionel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "jBoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 12:31 AM
Subject: RE: [jBoss-User] make in docs, what is it?
> Lionel-
>
> Make is a fairly generic build tool that simply allows you to group a
number
> of execution targets together. Each execution target can have
dependancies
> that make will manage for you, and each execution target can have a number
> of commands (usually shell commands). One of those commands, for example,
> might be "javac *.java". So yes, it is possible to use make to build a
java
> application.
>
> There are several alternatives to make that are designed to be more
> java-centric, and "Ant" from the jakarta-apache project
> (http://jakarta.apache.org/ant), is my personal favorite.
>
> Sincerest regards,
> Chris Todd
> Software Engineer
> Alabanza Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lionel Siau
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [jBoss-User] make in docs, what is it?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> this may sound alittle navie but what is this 'make' i keep seeing in the
> docs? The only make I know of is gcc type and definitely not for Java.
>
> Bat files I understand but make?
>
> Lionel
>
>
>
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