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make

MODULE

make

MODULE SUMMARY

A Make Utility for Erlang

DESCRIPTION

The module make provides a set of functions similar to the UNIX type Make functions.

EXPORTS

all() -> up_to_date | error
all(Options) -> up_to_date | error

Types:

Options = [Option]
 Option = noexec | load | netload | par | <compiler option>

This function first looks in the current working directory for a file named Emakefile (see below) specifying the set of modules to compile. If no such file is found, the set of modules to compile defaults to all modules in the current working directory.

Traversing the set of modules, it then recompiles every module for which at least one of the following conditions apply:

As a side effect, the function prints the name of each module it tries to compile. If compilation fails for a module, the make procedure stops and error is returned.

Options is a list of make- and compiler options. The following make options exist:

All items in Options that are not make options are assumed to be compiler options and are passed as-is to compile:file/2. Options defaults to [].

files(ModFiles) -> up_to_date | error
files(ModFiles, Options) -> up_to_date | error

Types:

ModFiles = [Module | File]
 Module = atom()
 File = string()
Options = [Option]
 Option = noexec | load | netload | par | <compiler option>

files/1,2 does exactly the same thing as all/0,1 but for the specified ModFiles, which is a list of module or file names. The file extension .erl may be omitted.

Files

make:all/0,1 looks in the current working directory for a file named Emakefile for the set of modules to compile. If it exists, Emakefile should contain the module names (atoms) separated by periods. If the module is located in another directory, the path has to be specified. For example:

file1.
file2.
'../foo/file3'.
'File4'.

    

AUTHORS

Claes Wikstrom - support@erlang.ericsson.se
Joe Armstrong - support@erlang.ericsson.se
Gunilla Hugosson - support@erlang.ericsson.se

tools 2.0.1
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