Object-oriented method and apparatus for creating a makefile
US5872977A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/71
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for building a platform dependent makefile from a platform independent "build" file. Accordingly, instead of requiring that a programmer create a plurality of makefiles for a plurality of platforms, the invention enables the programmer to create a single, platform independent build file that may be used across a plurality of platforms. The build file includes arguments that are passed to rules stored in a rules file that create an internal data structure having the information necessary for forming the makefile. The invention then uses the information in this data structure to form the platform dependent makefile.
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