There is that ancient Un*x "make love" joke ... "Do not know how to make love"
Wesley Parish On Sunday 08 December 2002 05:55 pm, you wrote: > On Sunday 08 December 2002 12:00, Nick Rout wrote: > > I am now firmly of the view that Kevin is pulling our leg. I sent > > him an offlist message yesterday evening about how to run make. > > > > If I said run make in this directory do you think he will type "make in > > this directory" ?? > > I don't think so - but that's different to typing 'make now', which IMO > *could* be an honest mistake. I mean, you can see how someone who hasn't > used make before could think that sounded feasable. Maybe he's trolling > (ok, not in the usual/strict sense of the word, but for want of a better > description - you know what I mean), and maybe he isn't, but let's give him > the benefit of the doubt :) > > Cheers, > Gareth > > > On Sat, > > > > 07 Dec 2002 21:59:50+0000 Jim Cheetham<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 10:44:40AM +1300, Kevin Wilkinson wrote: > > > > Nick Rout wrote: > > > > >Simply type make now. It should build the program. then just run > > > > >it. > > > > > > > > No luck it comes up with " no rule to make target 'now' " > > > > > > Possibly just a mis-reading of Nick's message :-) > > > Just the command 'make' on its own, without the word now. This should > > > start the compilation process off. If it all completes, you should be > > > able to run the program from the directory you are in - look for the > > > finished program file first, if it is called 'wts' then you should be > > > able to run it with the command './wts' > > > > > > -jim -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
