Re: variable describing target

[Philip Guenther]

On 9/9/07, Bryan Ischo <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all.  Is there a variable describing the target(s) that make was
> invoked with?  For example, if I do:
>
> make libfoo
>
> Is there a variable available in make that will evaluate to "libfoo"?

Yes.  If you check the info pages, following the menu items from the
top, to "Invoking make: Running", and then "Goals", you'll find this:
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   `Make' will set the special variable `MAKECMDGOALS' to the list of
goals you specified on the command line.  If no goals were given on the
command line, this variable is empty.  Note that this variable should
be used only in special circumstances.
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Philip Guenther