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Date:	Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:07:14 -0800 (PST)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: make question
To:	CGuerra AT brocker DOT co DOT nz, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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--- CGuerra AT brocker DOT co DOT nz wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to compile Java files.  Then I have
> 
> .SUFFIXES = .java .class
> 
> all: Base.class
> 
> .java.class:
>      javac $<
> 
> My question is, how can I tell "make" to look NOT in the current directory
> for Base.class for the comparison??  I like to separate source code from
> classes.  But I don't like 'make' to remake the whole thing because it
> couldn't find the target class.
> 
> THanks in advance,
> 
> Carlos.
> cguerra AT brocker DOT nz DOT co
> 
> PS: please reply to my email as well ;-)
> 

Check the make documentation for a variable called VPATH.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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