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ddevault
on Feb 28, 2018
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The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects
I did not use Make at this time (I wasn't alive!), but it seems that you'd have to declare dependencies too. How did you determine if it was "old"?
brilee
on Feb 28, 2018
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"If a line begins at character 0, that is a list of files whose timestamps should be checked"
The list of files would be the declared dependencies.
ddevault
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Ah I see.
bsenftner
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the first file in the list is the one whose timestamp is compared against all the other files in the list after it. If the timestamp of any file is newer than that first file, the following lines starting with a tab are executed.
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