I have a series of these sort of definitions: dir/file1: $(DIR)/file1 cmd1 cmd2 dir/file2: $(DIR)/file2 cmd1 cmd2 dir/file3: $(DIR)/file3 cmd1 cmd2 ...and so on... what I'd REALLY like is something where I could say something like: XDEF: dir/$(FILE): $(DIR)/$(FILE) cmd1 cmd2 file1 file2 file3: XDEF In other words, define the commands to execute ONCE, then use a list of the files as the target. Here's what I want to do: GIVEN: list of files to copy from source binaries (filename only) source binary directory destination binary directory RESULT: mkdir -p $(DESTDIR) cp -af $(SRCDIR)/$(FILE) $(DESTDIR) Is there a way to do this without repeating EVERY file target + prerequisite? _______________________________________________ Leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel