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293<div class="document" id="kmk-quick-reference">
294<h1 class="title">kmk Quick Reference</h1>
295<p>This appendix summarizes the directives, text manipulation functions, and
296special variables which <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> understands.</p>
297<!-- See section Special Built-in Target Names and Summary of Options, for other
298summaries. -->
299<div class="section">
300<h1><a id="directives" name="directives">Directives</a></h1>
301<p>Here is a summary of the directives <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> recognizes:</p>
302<blockquote>
303<p>Define a multi-line, recursively-expanded variable:</p>
304<pre class="literal-block">
305define variable
306endef
307</pre>
308<p>Conditionally evaluate part of the makefile:</p>
309<pre class="literal-block">
310ifdef variable
311ifndef variable
312ifeq (a,b)
313ifeq &quot;a&quot; &quot;b&quot;
314ifeq 'a' 'b'
315ifneq (a,b)
316ifneq &quot;a&quot; &quot;b&quot;
317ifneq 'a' 'b'
318if1of (set-a,set-b)
319ifn1of (set-a,set-b)
320if expression
321else
322endif
323</pre>
324<p>Include another makefile:</p>
325<pre class="literal-block">
326include file
327-include file
328sinclude file
329</pre>
330<p>Include another dependency file:</p>
331<pre class="literal-block">
332includedep file
333</pre>
334<p>Define a variable, overriding any previous definition, even one from the
335command line:</p>
336<pre class="literal-block">
337override variable = value
338override variable := value
339override variable += value
340override variable &lt;= value
341override variable ?= value
342override define variable
343endef
344</pre>
345<p>Tell <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> to export all variables to child processes by default:</p>
346<pre class="literal-block">
347export
348</pre>
349<p>Tell <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> whether or not to export a particular variable to child
350processes:</p>
351<pre class="literal-block">
352export variable
353export variable = value
354export variable := value
355export variable += value
356export variable &lt;= value
357export variable ?= value
358unexport variable
359</pre>
360<p>Define a variable in the local context instead of the global one:</p>
361<pre class="literal-block">
362local variable = value
363local variable := value
364local variable += value
365local variable &lt;= value
366local variable ?= value
367local define variable
368endef
369</pre>
370<p>Specify a search path for files matching a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%</span></tt> pattern:</p>
371<pre class="literal-block">
372vpath pattern path
373</pre>
374<p>Remove all search paths previously specified for pattern:</p>
375<pre class="literal-block">
376vpath pattern
377</pre>
378<p>Remove all search paths previously specified in any vpath directive:</p>
379<pre class="literal-block">
380vpath
381</pre>
382</blockquote>
383</div>
384<div class="section">
385<h1><a id="automatic-variables" name="automatic-variables">Automatic variables</a></h1>
386<p>Here is a summary of the automatic variables.</p>
387<table border="1" class="docutils">
388<colgroup>
389<col width="14%" />
390<col width="86%" />
391</colgroup>
392<thead valign="bottom">
393<tr><th class="head">Variable</th>
394<th class="head">Description</th>
395</tr>
396</thead>
397<tbody valign="top">
398<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$&#64;</span></tt></td>
399<td>The file name of the target.</td>
400</tr>
401<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$&lt;</span></tt></td>
402<td>The name of the first prerequisite.</td>
403</tr>
404<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$?</span></tt></td>
405<td>The names of all the prerequisites that are newer than the
406target, with spaces between them.</td>
407</tr>
408<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$^</span></tt></td>
409<td>The names of all the prerequisites, duplicates omitted.</td>
410</tr>
411<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$+</span></tt></td>
412<td>The names of all the prerequisites, duplicates and order
413preserved</td>
414</tr>
415<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$*</span></tt></td>
416<td>The stem with which an implicit rule matches.</td>
417</tr>
418<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$|</span></tt></td>
419<td>The name of all the order only prerequisites.</td>
420</tr>
421<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(&#64;D)</span></tt></td>
422<td>The directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$&#64;</span></tt>.</td>
423</tr>
424<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(&lt;D)</span></tt></td>
425<td>The directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$&lt;</span></tt>.</td>
426</tr>
427<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(?D)</span></tt></td>
428<td>The directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$?</span></tt>.</td>
429</tr>
430<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(^D)</span></tt></td>
431<td>The directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%^</span></tt>.</td>
432</tr>
433<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(+D)</span></tt></td>
434<td>The directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$+</span></tt>.</td>
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436<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(*D)</span></tt></td>
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439<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(|D)</span></tt></td>
440<td>The directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$|</span></tt>.</td>
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442<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(&#64;F)</span></tt></td>
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445<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(&lt;F)</span></tt></td>
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448<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(?F)</span></tt></td>
449<td>The file-within-directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$?</span></tt>.</td>
450</tr>
451<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(^F)</span></tt></td>
452<td>The file-within-directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$^</span></tt>.</td>
453</tr>
454<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(+F)</span></tt></td>
455<td>The file-within-directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$+</span></tt>.</td>
456</tr>
457<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(*F)</span></tt></td>
458<td>The file-within-directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$*</span></tt>.</td>
459</tr>
460<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(|F)</span></tt></td>
461<td>The file-within-directory part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$|</span></tt>.</td>
462</tr>
463</tbody>
464</table>
465</div>
466<div class="section">
467<h1><a id="special-variables" name="special-variables">Special variables</a></h1>
468<p>All variables starting with a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.</span></tt> is reserved by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>. The following
469variables are specially used or/and defined by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>:</p>
470<table border="1" class="docutils">
471<colgroup>
472<col width="34%" />
473<col width="66%" />
474</colgroup>
475<thead valign="bottom">
476<tr><th class="head">Variable</th>
477<th class="head">Description</th>
478</tr>
479</thead>
480<tbody valign="top">
481<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.DEFAULT_GOAL</span></tt></td>
482<td>The makefile default goal. You can set this in
483the makefile, if you don't it will default to
484the first target that is encountered.</td>
485</tr>
486<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.FEATURES</span></tt></td>
487<td>List of GNU <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">make</span></tt> features. Do not set this.</td>
488</tr>
489<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.INCLUDE_DIRS</span></tt></td>
490<td>List of include directories, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-I</span></tt> arguments
491and defaults. Do not set this.</td>
492</tr>
493<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.RECIPEPREFIX</span></tt></td>
494<td>Recipe prefix, defaults to tab.</td>
495</tr>
496<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.VARIABLES</span></tt></td>
497<td>Special variable which exands to the list of
498variable. Do not set this.</td>
499</tr>
500<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">CURDIR</span></tt></td>
501<td>Set to the pathname of the current working
502directory (after all <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">-C</span></tt> options are
503processed, if any). Do not set this.</td>
504</tr>
505<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_VERSION</span></tt>,
506<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_VERSION_MAJOR</span></tt>,
507<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_VERSION_MINOR</span></tt>,
508<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_VERSION_PATCH</span></tt>,
509<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_KMK_REVISION</span></tt></td>
510<td>The kBuild version string and the break down
511into individual components.</td>
512</tr>
513<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_HOST</span></tt></td>
514<td>The host operating system.</td>
515</tr>
516<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_HOST_ARCH</span></tt></td>
517<td>The host architecture.</td>
518</tr>
519<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_HOST_CPU</span></tt></td>
520<td>The host CPU <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> is built for, set to
521<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">blend</span></tt> if not any particular CPU.</td>
522</tr>
523<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_PATH</span></tt></td>
524<td>Where the kBuild scripts are.</td>
525</tr>
526<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KBUILD_BIN_PATH</span></tt></td>
527<td>Where the host specific kBuild binaries are.</td>
528</tr>
529<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK</span></tt>,
530<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MAKE</span></tt></td>
531<td>The name with which <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> was invoked. Using
532this variable in recipes has special meaning.</td>
533</tr>
534<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_BUILTIN</span></tt></td>
535<td>List of built-in commands.</td>
536</tr>
537<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_FEATURES</span></tt></td>
538<td>List of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> specific features.</td>
539</tr>
540<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_FLAGS</span></tt></td>
541<td><p class="first">The flags given to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>. You can set this in
542the environment or a makefile to set flags.</p>
543<p class="last">It is never appropriate to use <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_FLAGS</span></tt>
544directly in a recipe line: its contents may not
545be quoted correctly for use in the shell. Always
546allow recursive <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>'s to obtain these values
547through the environment from its parent.</p>
548</td>
549</tr>
550<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_LEVEL</span></tt></td>
551<td>The number of levels of recursion (sub-makes).</td>
552</tr>
553<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_VERSION</span></tt></td>
554<td>The GNU <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">make</span></tt> version number.</td>
555</tr>
556<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MAKECMDGOALS</span></tt></td>
557<td>The targets given to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> on the command line.
558Do not set this.</td>
559</tr>
560<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MAKEFILES</span></tt></td>
561<td>Makefiles to be read on every invocation of
562<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>.</td>
563</tr>
564<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MAKEFILE_LIST</span></tt></td>
565<td>List of the makefiles that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> has opened.</td>
566</tr>
567<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MAKESHELL</span></tt></td>
568<td>OS/2 and MS-DOS only, the name of the command
569interpreter that is to be used by <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>. This
570value takes precedence over the value of SHELL.</td>
571</tr>
572<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SHELL</span></tt></td>
573<td>The name of the default command interpreter,
574kmk_ash. You can set SHELL in the makefile to
575change the shell used to run recipes. The SHELL
576variable is handled specially when importing
577from and exporting to the environment.</td>
578</tr>
579<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">SUFFIXES</span></tt></td>
580<td>The default list of suffixes before <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt>
581reads any makefiles (always empty).</td>
582</tr>
583<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">VPATH</span></tt></td>
584<td>Directory search path for files not found in the
585current directory.</td>
586</tr>
587</tbody>
588</table>
589<p>The following variables reflects <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> options. Do not set these.</p>
590<table border="1" class="docutils">
591<colgroup>
592<col width="49%" />
593<col width="51%" />
594</colgroup>
595<thead valign="bottom">
596<tr><th class="head">Variable</th>
597<th class="head">Description</th>
598</tr>
599</thead>
600<tbody valign="top">
601<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_JOBS</span></tt></td>
602<td>-j slots, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> if not given.</td>
603</tr>
604<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_KEEP_GOING</span></tt></td>
605<td>-k indictor (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt>).</td>
606</tr>
607<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_JUST_PRINT</span></tt></td>
608<td>-n indicator (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt>).</td>
609</tr>
610<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_PRORITY</span></tt></td>
611<td>--priority level, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> if not given.</td>
612</tr>
613<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_AFFINITY</span></tt></td>
614<td>--affinity mask, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> if not given.</td>
615</tr>
616<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_STATISTICS</span></tt></td>
617<td>--statistics indicator (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt>/<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">1</span></tt>).</td>
618</tr>
619<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_PRINT_TIME</span></tt></td>
620<td>The --print-time value.</td>
621</tr>
622<tr><td><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">KMK_OPTS_PRETTY_COMMAND_PRINTING</span></tt></td>
623<td>--pretty-command-printing indicator.</td>
624</tr>
625</tbody>
626</table>
627</div>
628<div class="section">
629<h1><a id="built-in-functions" name="built-in-functions">Built-in functions</a></h1>
630<p>String Manipulation Functions:</p>
631<blockquote>
632<p>Replace <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">from</span></tt> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">to</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
633<pre class="literal-block">
634$(subst from,to,text)
635</pre>
636<p>Replace words matching <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pattern</span></tt> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">replacement</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
637<pre class="literal-block">
638$(patsubst pattern,replacement,text)
639</pre>
640<p>Remove excess whitespace characters from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">string</span></tt>:</p>
641<pre class="literal-block">
642$(strip string)
643</pre>
644<p>Locate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">find</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>, returning <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">find</span></tt> if found:</p>
645<pre class="literal-block">
646$(findstring find,text)
647</pre>
648<p>Select words in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> that match one of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pattern</span></tt> words:</p>
649<pre class="literal-block">
650$(filter pattern...,text)
651</pre>
652<p>Select words in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> that do not match any of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pattern</span></tt> words:</p>
653<pre class="literal-block">
654$(filter-out pattern...,text)
655</pre>
656<p>Sort the words in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> lexicographically, removing duplicates:</p>
657<pre class="literal-block">
658$(sort list)
659</pre>
660<p>Sort the words in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt> lexicographically in reserve order, removing
661duplicates:</p>
662<pre class="literal-block">
663$(rsort list)
664</pre>
665<p>Count the number of words in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
666<pre class="literal-block">
667$(words text)
668</pre>
669<p>Extract the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span></tt>th word (one-origin) of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
670<pre class="literal-block">
671$(word n,text)
672</pre>
673<p>Returns the list of words in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">s</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">e</span></tt> (one-origin):</p>
674<pre class="literal-block">
675$(wordlist s,e,text)
676</pre>
677<p>Extract the first word of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt>:</p>
678<pre class="literal-block">
679$(firstword names...)
680</pre>
681<p>Extract the last word of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt>:</p>
682<pre class="literal-block">
683$(lastword names...)
684</pre>
685<p>Join two parallel lists of words:</p>
686<pre class="literal-block">
687$(join list1,list2)
688</pre>
689<p>Fold <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> to upper case:</p>
690<pre class="literal-block">
691$(toupper text)
692</pre>
693<p>Fold <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> to lower case:</p>
694<pre class="literal-block">
695$(tolower text)
696</pre>
697<p>String formatting a la the unix <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">printf</span></tt> command:</p>
698<pre class="literal-block">
699$(printf fmt, arg...)
700</pre>
701<p>Return the length of a string or a (unexpanded) variable:</p>
702<pre class="literal-block">
703$(length string)
704$(length-var var)
705</pre>
706<p>Find the position of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">needle</span></tt> in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">haystack</span></tt>, returns 0 if not found.
707Negative <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt> indices are relative to the end of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">haystack</span></tt>, while
708positive ones are one based:</p>
709<pre class="literal-block">
710$(pos needle, haystack[, start])
711$(lastpos needle, haystack[, start])
712</pre>
713<p>Returns the specified substring. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">start</span></tt> works like with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(pos</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt>.
714If the substring is partially outside the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">string</span></tt> the result will be
715padded with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pad</span></tt> if present:</p>
716<pre class="literal-block">
717$(substr string, start[, length[, pad]])
718</pre>
719<p>Insert <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">in</span></tt> into <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">str</span></tt> at the specified position. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">n</span></tt> works like with
720<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(pos</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt>, except that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0</span></tt> is the end of the string:</p>
721<pre class="literal-block">
722$(insert in, str[, n[, length[, pad]]])
723</pre>
724<p>Translate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">string</span></tt> exchanging characters in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">from-set</span></tt> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">to-set</span></tt>,
725optionally completing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">to-set</span></tt> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pad-char</span></tt> if specified. If no
726<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pad-char</span></tt> characters absent in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">to-set</span></tt> will be deleted:</p>
727<pre class="literal-block">
728$(translate string, from-set[, to-set[, pad-char]])
729</pre>
730</blockquote>
731<p>Functions for file names:</p>
732<blockquote>
733<p>Extract the directory part of each file <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">name</span></tt>:</p>
734<pre class="literal-block">
735$(dir names...)
736</pre>
737<p>Extract the non-directory part of each file <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">name</span></tt>:</p>
738<pre class="literal-block">
739$(notdir names...)
740</pre>
741<p>Extract the suffix (the last <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.</span></tt> and following characters) of each file
742<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">name</span></tt>:</p>
743<pre class="literal-block">
744$(suffix names...)
745</pre>
746<p>Extract the base name (name without suffix) of each file name:</p>
747<pre class="literal-block">
748$(basename names...)
749</pre>
750<p>Append <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">suffix</span></tt> to each word in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt>:</p>
751<pre class="literal-block">
752$(addsuffix suffix,names...)
753</pre>
754<p>Prepend <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">prefix</span></tt> to each word in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt>:</p>
755<pre class="literal-block">
756$(addprefix prefix,names...)
757</pre>
758<p>Find file names matching a shell file name <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pattern</span></tt> (not a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%</span></tt>
759pattern):</p>
760<pre class="literal-block">
761$(wildcard pattern...)
762</pre>
763<p>For each file name in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt>, expand to an absolute name that does not
764contain any <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">..</span></tt>, nor symlinks:</p>
765<pre class="literal-block">
766$(realpath names...)
767</pre>
768<p>For each file name in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt>, expand to an absolute name that does not
769contain any <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.</span></tt> or <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">..</span></tt> components, but preserves symlinks:</p>
770<pre class="literal-block">
771$(abspath names...)
772</pre>
773<p>Same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(abspath</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt> except that the current directory can be
774specified as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">curdir</span></tt>:</p>
775<pre class="literal-block">
776$(abspathex names...[, curdir])
777</pre>
778</blockquote>
779<p>Arithmetic Functions:</p>
780<blockquote>
781<p>Returns the sum of the arguments:</p>
782<pre class="literal-block">
783$(int-add addend1, addend2[, addendN])
784</pre>
785<p>Returns the difference between the first argument and the sum of the rest:</p>
786<pre class="literal-block">
787$(int-sub minuend, subtrahend[, subtrahendN])
788</pre>
789<p>Returns the product of the arguments:</p>
790<pre class="literal-block">
791$(int-mul factor1, factor2[, factorN])
792</pre>
793<p>Returns the quotient of first argument and the rest:</p>
794<pre class="literal-block">
795$(int-div dividend, divisor[, divisorN])
796</pre>
797<p>Returns the modulus of the two arguments:</p>
798<pre class="literal-block">
799$(int-mod dividend, divisor)
800</pre>
801<p>Returns the bitwise two-complement of argument:</p>
802<pre class="literal-block">
803$(int-not val)
804</pre>
805<p>Returns the result of a bitwise AND of the arguments:</p>
806<pre class="literal-block">
807$(int-and val1, val2[, valN])
808</pre>
809<p>Returns the result of a bitwise OR of the arguments:</p>
810<pre class="literal-block">
811$(int-or val1, val2[, valN])
812</pre>
813<p>Returns the result of a bitwise XOR of the arguments:</p>
814<pre class="literal-block">
815$(int-xor val1, val2[, valN])
816</pre>
817<p>Returns the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean (true = non-empty, false = empty) result
818of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val1</span> <span class="pre">==</span> <span class="pre">val2</span></tt>:</p>
819<pre class="literal-block">
820$(int-eq val1, val2)
821</pre>
822<p>Returns the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean result of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val1</span> <span class="pre">!=</span> <span class="pre">val2</span></tt>:</p>
823<pre class="literal-block">
824$(int-ne val1, val2)
825</pre>
826<p>Returns the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean result of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val1</span> <span class="pre">&gt;</span> <span class="pre">val2</span></tt>:</p>
827<pre class="literal-block">
828$(int-gt val1, val2)
829</pre>
830<p>Returns the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean result of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val1</span> <span class="pre">&gt;=</span> <span class="pre">val2</span></tt>:</p>
831<pre class="literal-block">
832$(int-ge val1, val2)
833</pre>
834<p>Returns the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean result of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val1</span> <span class="pre">&lt;</span> <span class="pre">val2</span></tt>:</p>
835<pre class="literal-block">
836$(int-lt val1, val2)
837</pre>
838<p>Returns the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean result of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">val1</span> <span class="pre">&lt;=</span> <span class="pre">val2</span></tt>:</p>
839<pre class="literal-block">
840$(int-le val1, val2)
841</pre>
842</blockquote>
843<p>(Mostly) Boolean Functions:</p>
844<blockquote>
845<p>Condition is false if the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">condition</span></tt> evaluates to an empty string
846(stripped). Evaluate the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">true-part</span></tt> if the condition is true, otherwise
847the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">false-part</span></tt>:</p>
848<pre class="literal-block">
849$(if condition,true-part[,false-part])
850</pre>
851<p>Test if any of the conditions evalues to non-empty string, returning the
852first one:</p>
853<pre class="literal-block">
854$(or condition1[,condition2[,condition3[...]]])
855</pre>
856<p>Test if all of the conditions evaluates to non-empty strings, returning the
857last one:</p>
858<pre class="literal-block">
859$(and condition1[,condition2[,condition3[...]]])
860</pre>
861<p>Test if the two strings are identical, returning <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean (true =
862non-empty, false = empty):</p>
863<pre class="literal-block">
864$(eq str1, str2)
865</pre>
866<p>Invert a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean value:</p>
867<pre class="literal-block">
868$(not val)
869</pre>
870<p>Test if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">variable</span></tt> is defined, returning a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean value:</p>
871<pre class="literal-block">
872$(defined variable)
873</pre>
874<p>Test if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">set-a</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">set-b</span></tt> intersects, returning a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> boolean
875value:</p>
876<pre class="literal-block">
877$(intersects set-a, set-b)
878</pre>
879<p>Same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(if</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt> execpt that the condition is a <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> expression:</p>
880<pre class="literal-block">
881$(if kmk-expression,true-part[,false-part])
882</pre>
883<p>Evalutate the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> expression returning what it evalues as. This is
884the preferred way of doing arithmentic now:</p>
885<pre class="literal-block">
886$(expr kmk-expression)
887</pre>
888</blockquote>
889<p>Stack Fuctions:</p>
890<blockquote>
891<p>Push <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">item</span></tt> onto the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stack-var</span></tt>, returning the empty string:</p>
892<pre class="literal-block">
893$(stack-push stack-var, item)
894</pre>
895<p>Pop the top item off the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stack-var</span></tt>:</p>
896<pre class="literal-block">
897$(stack-pop stack-var)
898</pre>
899<p>Pop the top item off the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stack-var</span></tt>, returning the empty string:</p>
900<pre class="literal-block">
901$(stack-popv stack-var)
902</pre>
903<p>Get the top item of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stack-var</span></tt>, returning the empty string:</p>
904<pre class="literal-block">
905$(stack-top stack-var)
906</pre>
907</blockquote>
908<p>Advanced Functions:</p>
909<blockquote>
910<p>Evaluates to the contents of the variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">var</span></tt>, with no expansion
911performed on it:</p>
912<pre class="literal-block">
913$(value var)
914</pre>
915<p>Evaluate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">var</span></tt> bound to each word in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">words</span></tt>, and
916concatenate the results (spaced):</p>
917<pre class="literal-block">
918$(foreach var,words,text)
919</pre>
920<p>Evaluate the variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">var</span></tt> replacing any references to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(1)</span></tt>,
921<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(2)</span></tt> with the first, second, etc. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">param</span></tt> values:</p>
922<pre class="literal-block">
923$(call var,param,...)
924</pre>
925<p>Evaluate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> then read the results as makefile commands. Expands
926to the empty string:</p>
927<pre class="literal-block">
928$(eval text)
929</pre>
930<p>Same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(eval</span> <span class="pre">text)</span></tt> except that the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt> is expanded in its
931own variable context:</p>
932<pre class="literal-block">
933$(evalctx text)
934</pre>
935<p>Same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(eval</span> <span class="pre">$(value</span> <span class="pre">var))</span></tt>:</p>
936<pre class="literal-block">
937$(evalval var)
938</pre>
939<p>Same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(evalctx</span> <span class="pre">$(value</span> <span class="pre">var))</span></tt>:</p>
940<pre class="literal-block">
941$(evalvalctx var)
942</pre>
943<p>A combination of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(eval</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(call</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(value</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt>:</p>
944<pre class="literal-block">
945$(evalcall var)
946</pre>
947<p>A combination of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(eval</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(call</span> <span class="pre">)</span></tt>:</p>
948<pre class="literal-block">
949$(evalcall var)
950</pre>
951<p>Remove comments and blank lines from the variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">var</span></tt>. Expands to
952the empty string:</p>
953<pre class="literal-block">
954$(eval-opt-var var)
955</pre>
956<p>Returns accessing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$&lt;</span></tt> of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">target</span></tt>, either retriving the whole thing
957or the file at <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pos</span></tt> (one-origin):</p>
958<pre class="literal-block">
959$(deps target[, pos])
960</pre>
961<p>Returns accessing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$+</span></tt> (order + duplicates) of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">target</span></tt>, either
962retriving the whole thing or the file at <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pos</span></tt> (one-origin):</p>
963<pre class="literal-block">
964$(deps-all target[, pos])
965</pre>
966<p>Returns accessing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$?</span></tt> of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">target</span></tt>, either retriving the whole
967thing or the file at <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pos</span></tt> (one-origin):</p>
968<pre class="literal-block">
969$(deps-newer target[, pos])
970</pre>
971<p>Returns accessing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$|</span></tt> (order only) of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">target</span></tt>, either retriving the
972whole thing or the file at <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pos</span></tt> (one-origin):</p>
973<pre class="literal-block">
974$(deps-oo target[, pos])
975</pre>
976</blockquote>
977<p>Command Functions:</p>
978<blockquote>
979<p>Create one or more command lines avoiding the max argument
980length restriction of the host OS:</p>
981<pre class="literal-block">
982$(xargs ar cas mylib.a,$(objects))
983$(xargs ar cas mylib.a,ar as mylib.a,$(objects))
984</pre>
985<p>Returns the commands for the specified target separated by new-line, space,
986or a user defined string. Note that this might not produce the 100% correct
987result if any of the prerequisite automatic variables are used:</p>
988<pre class="literal-block">
989$(commands target)
990$(commands-sc target)
991$(commands-usr target,sep)
992</pre>
993<p>Compares two commands returning the empty string if equal and the 3rd
994argument if not. This differs from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$(comp-vars</span> <span class="pre">v1,v2,ne)</span></tt> in that
995line by line is stripped of leading spaces, command prefixes and
996trailing spaces before comparing:</p>
997<pre class="literal-block">
998$(comp-cmds cmds-var1, cmds-var2, ne)
999$(comp-cmds-ex cmds1, cmd2, ne)
1000</pre>
1001<p>Compares the values of the two variables returning the empty string if
1002equal and the 3rd argument if not. Leading and trailing spaces is ignored:</p>
1003<pre class="literal-block">
1004$(comp-var var1, var2, ne)
1005</pre>
1006</blockquote>
1007<p>Utility functions:</p>
1008<blockquote>
1009<p>When this function is evaluated, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> generates a fatal error with the
1010message <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
1011<pre class="literal-block">
1012$(error text...)
1013</pre>
1014<p>When this function is evaluated, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> generates a warning with the
1015message <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
1016<pre class="literal-block">
1017$(warning text...)
1018</pre>
1019<p>When this function is evaluated, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> generates a info with the
1020message <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">text</span></tt>:</p>
1021<pre class="literal-block">
1022$(info text...)
1023</pre>
1024<p>Execute a shell <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">command</span></tt> and return its output:</p>
1025<pre class="literal-block">
1026$(shell command)
1027</pre>
1028<p>Return a string describing how the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">variable</span></tt> was defined:</p>
1029<pre class="literal-block">
1030$(origin variable)
1031</pre>
1032<p>Return a string describing the flavor of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> variable <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">variable</span></tt>:</p>
1033<pre class="literal-block">
1034$(flavor variable)
1035</pre>
1036<p>Returns the current local time and date formatted in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">strftime</span></tt>
1037style specifier <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt>. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt> defaults to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S</span></tt> when
1038not specified:</p>
1039<pre class="literal-block">
1040$(date fmt)
1041</pre>
1042<p>Returns the current UTC time and date formatted in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">strftime</span></tt>
1043style specifier <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt>. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt> defaults to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ</span></tt> when
1044not specified:</p>
1045<pre class="literal-block">
1046$(date-utc fmt)
1047</pre>
1048<p>Reformats the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">in</span></tt> time and date using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt>. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">in-fmt</span></tt> defaults
1049to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt> if not specified. While <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt</span></tt> defaults to
1050<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ</span></tt> if not specified:</p>
1051<pre class="literal-block">
1052$(date-utc fmt,time,in-fmt)
1053</pre>
1054<p>Returns the current nanosecond timestamp (monotonic when possible):</p>
1055<pre class="literal-block">
1056$(nanots )
1057</pre>
1058<p>Returns the size of the specified file, or -1 if the size could not
1059be obtained. This can be used to check if a file exist or not:</p>
1060<pre class="literal-block">
1061$(file-size file)
1062</pre>
1063<p>Searches the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PATH</span></tt> <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> variable for the specified <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">files</span></tt>:</p>
1064<pre class="literal-block">
1065$(which files...)
1066</pre>
1067<p>OS/2: Returns the specified LIBPATH variable value:</p>
1068<pre class="literal-block">
1069$(libpath var)
1070</pre>
1071<p>OS/2: Sets the specified LIBPATH variable value, returning the empty string:</p>
1072<pre class="literal-block">
1073$(libpath var,value)
1074</pre>
1075</blockquote>
1076<p>Debugging Functions:</p>
1077<blockquote>
1078<p>Returns various make statistics, if no item is specified a default
1079selection is returned:</p>
1080<pre class="literal-block">
1081$(make-stats item[,itemN])
1082</pre>
1083<p>Raise a debug breakpoint. Used for debugging <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">kmk</span></tt> makefile parsing:</p>
1084<pre class="literal-block">
1085$(breakpoint )
1086</pre>
1087</blockquote>
1088</div>
1089<div class="section">
1090<h1><a id="special-targets" name="special-targets">Special Targets</a></h1>
1091<p>todo</p>
1092</div>
1093<div class="section">
1094<h1><a id="built-in-commands" name="built-in-commands">Built-in Commands</a></h1>
1095<p>todo</p>
1096</div>
1097<div class="section">
1098<h1><a id="kmk-expression" name="kmk-expression">kmk-expression</a></h1>
1099<p>todo</p>
1100<hr class="docutils" />
1101<table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
1102<col class="field-name" />
1103<col class="field-body" />
1104<tbody valign="top">
1105<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Status:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">$Id: QuickReference-kmk.html 2155 2008-12-29 01:01:43Z bird $</p>
1106</td>
1107</tr>
1108<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Copyright:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
11091996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
11102007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p>
1111<p class="last">Copyright (C) 2008 Knut St. Osmundsen</p>
1112</td>
1113</tr>
1114</tbody>
1115</table>
1116</div>
1117</div>
1118</body>
1119</html>
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