Re: help with pattern rules

[Tim Murphy]

Does foo.txt exist?

Regards,

Tim

On 13 January 2016 at 18:52, Paul Smith <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Wed, 2016-01-13 at 18:39 +0000, Kevin Barry wrote:
> > %.pdf: %.txt
> >         $(COMMAND) $<
> >
> > But I get an error saying there is "No rule to make target
> > 'foo.pdf'". What am I doing wrong?
>
> Nothing, according to this makefile.  So, there must be something wrong
> that you didn't describe for us.
>
> What did you name your makefile?  Is it Makefile or makefile or
> GNUMakefile?  If not, you have to tell make to use it with "-f".
>
> Where are your .txt files?  If they're not in the current directory
> then you have to tell make where to find them (maybe with vpath, or by
> writing the source directory explicitly in your makefile).
>
> What version of make are you using on what platform (make --version)?
>
> If still confused please show us a "cat Makefile", an "ls .", and the
> make command you run and the error message you get (all cut and paste
> from your terminal)... this assumes UNIX-like system of course.
>
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