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<p><a name="top"></a>
<h1>jmk - Make in Java</h1>
<blockquote>

<p>Maintain a group files in a consistent state

</blockquote>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
<blockquote>

<p><b><tt>jmk</tt></b> [ <a href="#options">options</a> ] [ target ]*
<br>
<b><tt>java -jar jmk.jar</tt></b> [ <a href="#options">options</a> ] [ target ]*

</blockquote>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
<blockquote>

<p>
[<a href="#rules">Rules</a>]
[<a href="#file names">File&nbsp;Names</a>]
[<a href="#assignments">Assignments</a>]
[<a href="#functions">Functions</a>]
[<a href="#commands">Commands</a>]
[<a href="#rule patterns">Rule&nbsp;Patterns</a>]
[<a href="#special targets">Special&nbsp;Targets</a>]
[<a href="#file inclusion">File&nbsp;Inclusion</a>]
[<a href="#conditionals">Conditionals</a>]
[<a href="#expressions">Expressions</a>]
[<a href="#example">Example</a>]
[<a href="#grammar">Grammar</a>]

<p><tt>jmk</tt> is an application which is used to ensure that a set
of files is in a consistent state. If <tt>jmk</tt> detects an
inconsistency, it executes commands that correct the
inconsistency. The rules used to detect and correct inconsistencies
are given in a makefile.

<p><tt>jmk</tt> is designed to support the task of writing platform
independent makefiles.  File names and path lists are written in a
canonical form, and translated by <tt>jmk</tt> into native form.

<p>The rules given in a <tt>jmk</tt> makefile can invoke programs as
separate processes.  To produce a machine independent makefile, a
makefile should only invoke programs that use the same command line
argument syntax across platforms.  Examples of such programs include
Sun's Java compiler (<tt>javac</tt>) and their Java Archive Tool
(<tt>jar</tt>).

</blockquote>

<H3><a name="rules">Rules</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>A makefile contains a sequence of statements that are used to build a
database of rules.  The elements of a makefile rule are targets,
prerequisites, and commands.  Typically, targets and prerequisites are
names of files. A makefile rule is a nonempty list of targets
terminated by a colon, a list of prerequisites terminated by a
semicolon, and optionally, a sequence of commands delimited by curly
braces. A rule that keeps file <TT>A.class</TT> consistent with
<TT>A.java</TT> follows.
<blockquote>
<pre>
"A.class": "A.java"; {
  exec "javac" "-g" "A.java";
}
</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>This rule runs the Java compiler when <TT>A.class</TT> is older than
<TT>A.java</TT> or nonexistent.

<p>A makefile rule without commands adds prerequisites to the end of a
target's list of prerequisites.  For each target, only one makefile
rule can contain commands.

<P>Internally, there is one rule for each target.  The interpretation
of a makefile rule depends on whether its target exists. When the
target does not exist, each prerequisite is checked for consistency in
textual order, and then the rule's commands are executed
sequentially. The rule fails if an error is detected while running a
command or if the rule has no prerequisites and no commands. A target
with no rule implied by the makefile behaves as if it is the target of
a rule with no prerequisites and no commands.

<P>When the target exists, the rule's commands are executed only if
the target is in an inconsistent state.  Each prerequisite is checked
for consistency in textual order.  The target's state is consistent if
the consistency check of the prerequisites found they were all
consistent, each prerequisite exists, and no prerequisite is younger
than the target. When the target is in an inconsistent state, the
rule's commands are executed sequentially. The rule fails if an error
is detected while running a command.

<p>Errors generated by commands are ignored when a command is preceded
by the '-' character.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="file names">File Names</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>File names are given by strings, which are sequences of characters
delimited by double quotes.  The backslash and double quote character
may be included in a string by preceding each character with a
backslash.

<p>The slash character separates the directory and file components in
a file name.  When running commands and testing for the existence of
files, the slash character is replaced by the character appropriate
for the host, which is the first character of the system property
<code>file.separator</code>.

<p>The semicolon character separates file names in a path list.
When running commands and testing for the existence of
files, the semicolon character is replaced by the character appropriate
for the host, which is the first character of the system property
<code>path.separator</code>.

<p>To enhance portability, file names should contain only the
alphanumeric, the period, the underscore, and the separator
characters described above.  <tt>jmk</tt> treats the asterisk and the
percent sign characters specially in some contexts, so these should be
avoided in file names.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="assignments">Assignments</a></H3>
<blockquote>
<p>There are two types of values used to specify rules: lists of strings
and functions.  An assignment associates a value with a variable.
An assignment is a identifier and an equal sign, followed by a
semicolon terminated expression sequence that denotes a value.

<blockquote>
<pre>
javac = "javac" "-g";
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>After the assignment, a reference to the variable is replaced by its
value.  A reference to an unassigned variable produces the empty list.
In the following example, <tt>javac</tt> is replaced by two strings.
<blockquote>
<pre>
exec javac "A.java";
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>Assignments occur while reading the makefile and before any rules are
interpreted.

<p>In common usage, variables are assigned lists of strings and the
elements of the right-hand-side of an assignment are string
constants, variable references, and calls of predefined functions.  A
complete description of <a href="#expressions">expressions</a> occurs
later in this document.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="functions">Functions</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>A list of strings can be transformed by a function.  A function call is
delimited by parenthesis.  The first element of the call is an
expression, which is usually the variable of a predefined function.
The parameters to the call are comma separated expression sequences.
A description of each predefined function follows.

<dl>
<dt><tt>(subst</tt> <em>pattern</em>, <em>replacement</em>, 
<em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The function <tt>subst</tt> produces a list of the same
length as <em>list</em>.  Each string in the list is the result of
replacing every non-overlapping occurrence of <em>pattern</em> by
<em>replacement</em> in the corresponding element of <em>list</em>.

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(subst "a", "A", "java" "class")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces the value <tt>"jAvA" "clAss"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(patsubst</tt> <em>pattern</em>, <em>replacement</em>, 
<em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The function <tt>patsubst</tt> produces a list of the same
length as <em>list</em>.  Each string in <em>list</em> that matches
<em>pattern</em> is replaced with <em>replacement</em>.  The pattern
may contain a percent sign which acts as a wild card, matching any
number of any characters within a string.  A pattern without the
percent sign behaves as if it starts with a percent sign.

<p>If <em>replacement</em> contains any number of percent signs, each
is replaced by the text that matched the percent sign in <em>pattern</em>.
A replacement without the percent sign behaves as if it starts with a
percent sign.

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(patsubst ".c", ".o", "a.c" "b.c")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces the value <tt>"a.o" "b.o"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(cat</tt> <em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>cat</tt> function concatenates all the strings in
<em>list</em>.  When there are no strings in <em>list</em>, it returns
a list with a single null string.

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(cat "a/b" ":" "c/d" ":" "e/f")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces the value <tt>"a/b:c/d:e/f"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><a name="glob"></a><tt>(glob</tt> <em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>glob</tt> function expands file names that contain the wild
card character asterisk.  Each string in <em>list</em> is translated
into a file name which uses the host's separators.  All file
separators in the file name must precede every wild card.  A file name
with wild cards is expanded into a list of file names from the given
directory that match the pattern.  A file name is added to the output
after replacing the host's separator characters by the generic ones.

<p>For example, if the directory <tt>pkg</tt> contains two files,
<tt>"A.java"</tt> and <tt>"B.java"</tt>,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(glob "pkg/*.java")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces the value <tt>"pkg/A.java" "pkg/B.java"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(dirs</tt> <em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The function <tt>dirs</tt> produces a list of all directories in the
files named in <em>list</em>.
<p>For example, if the directory <tt>a</tt> contains <tt>b</tt> and
<tt>c</tt>, and <tt>c</tt> contains directory <tt>d</tt>,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(dirs "a")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces the value <tt>"a" "a/b" "a/c" "a/c/d"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(getprop</tt> <em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The function <tt>getprop</tt> uses each string in <em>list</em>
as a key into the system properties.  If the system has a property
associated with the key, that string is added to the output after
replacing the host's separator characters with the generic ones.
<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(getprop "user.dir")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces the user's current directory using the generic separators.
<p>
<dt><tt>(join</tt> <em>prefixes</em>, <em>suffixes</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The function <tt>join</tt> concatenates each string in
<em>prefixes</em> with every string in <em>suffixes</em>.
<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(join "A" "B", ".java" ".class")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces <tt>"A.java" "A.class" "B.java" "B.class"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(equal</tt> <em>list1</em>, <em>list2</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>
The function <tt>equal</tt> returns a list containing the
string <tt>"true"</tt> if <em>list1</em> and <em>list2</em> are the
same, otherwise, it returns the empty list.  This function is most
often used in the test of a <a href="#conditionals">conditional
statement</a> or a <a href="#conditional_expressions">conditional
expression</a>. 

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(equal "A" "B", "A" "B")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces <tt>"true"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(first</tt> <em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>The function <tt>first</tt> returns the first string in
<em>list</em> or the empty list if <em>list</em> is empty.
<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(first "A" "B" "C")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces <tt>"A"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(rest</tt> <em>list</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>The function <tt>rest</tt> returns all but the first string in
<em>list</em> or the empty list if <em>list</em> is empty.
<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
(rest "A" "B" "C")
</pre>
</blockquote>
produces <tt>"B" "C"</tt>.
<p>
<dt><tt>(load </tt> <em>class</em><tt>)</tt>
<dd>The function <tt>load</tt>
dynamically loads a class that implements the
<tt>Function</tt> interface, and returns a new instance of the class.
<pre>
package edu.neu.ccs.jmk;
public interface Function
extends Value
{
  String getName();

  /**
   * Invoke this function.
   * @param args parameters to the function
   * @param list a string list 
   * @return result of invocation appended to the list
   * (if list is non-null, result must be a string list)
   * @exception Exception if invocation failed
   */
  Value invoke(Value[] args, StringList list) throws Exception;
}
</pre>
<p>An example of a loadable function is in
<tt>edu.neu.ccs.jmk.ReverseFunction</tt>. 
</dl>

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="commands">Commands</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>Commands are executed when a target is inconsistent.  A command is an
operator followed by a semicolon terminated expression sequence.  When
the command is executed, the operands of the command are produced by
evaluating the expression sequence, which must produce a list of
strings.  The evaluation occurs in an environment in which the
following variables are bound.

<dl>
<dt><tt>@</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>@</tt> variable is bound to the target of the
current rule.
<dt><tt>&lt;</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>&lt;</tt> variable is bound to the first
prerequisite of the rule if there is one, otherwise, it is bound to
the null list.
<dt><tt>?</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>?</tt> variable is bound to the list of
prerequisites that are out of date with respect to current target.
<dt><tt>%</tt>
<dd>
In rules that receive their commands from a rule pattern,
the <tt>%</tt> variable is bound to the characters in the
target that match the wild card in the rule pattern's target.
Otherwise, the <tt>%</tt> variable is bound to 
the null list.
<dd>
</dl>

<p>The generic separators in each operand are replaced by the host's
separators before they are given to the operator.

<P>The operator determines the method invoked on the operands used to
implement a command.  
<dl>
<dt><tt>exec</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>exec</tt>
operator executes a command in a separate process using a Java runtime
exec method. 
<dt><tt>delete</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>delete</tt> file operator deletes the named files.
<dt><tt>delall</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>delall</tt> file operator deletes the named files.
If the file names a directory, it recusively deletes its contents.
<dt><tt>mkdir</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>mkdir</tt> file operator creates the named directories.
<dt><tt>mkdirs</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>mkdirs</tt> file operator creates the named directories,
including any necessary parent directories. 
<dt><tt>copy</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>copy</tt> file operator copies a file.
<dt><tt>rename</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>rename</tt> file operator renames a file.
<dt><tt>create</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>create</tt> operator creates a file given by its first operand
and than writes any remaining operands into the file as separate lines
of text.
<dt><tt>note</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>note</tt> operator does nothing.  It is used to print notes 
during a make run.
<dt><tt>forname</tt>
<dd>
The <tt>forname</tt> operator dynamically loads and executes a Java
object provided with the makefile.  The first operand must name a
class that implements the Operator interface given below.
<pre>
package edu.neu.ccs.jmk;
public interface Operator
{
  String getName();

  /**
   * Execute the operation specified by the operator.
   * @param args parameters to the operation
   * @param out place to write messages
   * @exception CommandFailedException if operation failed
   */
  void exec(String[] args, java.io.PrintWriter out)
       throws CommandFailedException;
}
</pre>
<p>An example of a dynamically loadable operator is in
<tt>edu.neu.ccs.jmk.ReverseOperator</tt>. 
<p>The class that starts <tt>jmk</tt> is edu.neu.ccs.jmk.Make.
It implements the Operator interface
allowing the invocation of <tt>jmk</tt> from commands in a makefile.
<pre>
make = "edu.neu.ccs.jmk.Make";

"all":;
{
  forname make "-d" "-f" "edu/neu/ccs/jmk/tester.jmk";
}
</pre>
</dl>

<p>The five file operators expand a file name with asterisks into a list
of file names from the given directory that match the pattern.  The
restrictions on the pattern are the same as the ones for the <a
href="#glob"><tt>glob</tt></a> function.  The expansion occurs when
the command executes.

<p>If the operator of a command is preceded by the '-' character,
errors that occur as the command executes are ignored.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="rule patterns">Rule Patterns</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>A target with no commands explicitly given in the makefile may infer
commands from rule patterns.  Syntactically, a rule pattern is the
same as a rule except that the target contains one occurrence of the
wild card character, the percent sign.  Prerequisites may also contain
a wild card character.  A rule pattern for Java classes follows.

<blockquote>
<pre>
"%.class": "%.java"; {
  exec "javac" "-g" &lt;;
}
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>The list of rule patterns are searched in reverse textual order after
a makefile has been read.  A rule pattern is applicable to a target if
the pattern's target is equal to the target after a matching string is
substituted for the wild card character.  The match is substituted for
the wild card characters in the pattern's prerequisites and the
prerequisites are added to the front of the target's list of
prerequisites.  The match is also the value of the percent sign
variable in commands inferred by the pattern.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="special targets">Special Targets</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>A makefile rule with the target <tt>".PHONY"</tt> declares that its
prerequisites are not the names of files.  When one of the
prerequisites appears as a target, the interpretation of its
associated rule always assumes the target does not exist.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="file inclusion">File Inclusion</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>The <tt>include</tt> statement tells <tt>jmk</tt> to suspend reading
the current makefile and read one or more other makefiles before
continuing.  The statement is a line in the makefile that looks like
this:

<blockquote>
<p><tt>include</tt> List ;
</blockquote>
<p>where List evaluates to a list of strings, each is used as a file name.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="conditionals">Conditionals</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>A conditional statement causes part of a makefile to be obeyed or ignored
depending on the value of a list of strings.  An empty list counts as
false, and a nonempty list of strings counts as true.  The syntax is the
traditional if-then-else-end syntax, where the else part is optional:

<blockquote>
<p><tt>if</tt> List <tt>then</tt> Statements <tt>end</tt>
</blockquote>
<p>or
<blockquote>
<p><tt>if</tt> List <tt>then</tt> Statements 
<tt>else</tt> Statements <tt>end</tt>
</blockquote>

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
if (equal "Solaris", (getprop "os.name")) then
  include "sun.jmk";
end
</pre>
</blockquote>
<p>includes the file <tt>"sun.jmk"</tt> when running on a Solaris machine.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="expressions">Expressions</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>An expression evaluates to a value or fails to terminate.  A value is
either a list of strings or a function.

<p>There are three types of expressions.  An expression is either an
item, a list, or a block.  A list is a sequence of zero or more items.
If a list contains no items, it evaluates to the empty list of
strings.  If the list contains one item, the value of the list is the
value of the item.  Otherwise, each item in the list must produce a
list of strings, all of which are concatenated to produce the value of the
list.

<p><a href="#block">Blocks</a> are described later, and 
the various categories of items are described next.  In what
follows, Item stands for an expression that is an item, List for a
list, and Identifier stands for a Java Identifier or one of the four
characters <tt>@</tt>, <tt>&lt;</tt>, <tt>?</tt>, or <tt>%</tt>.  The
pattern Thing... indicates zero or more Things, and Thing,,, indicates
one or more Things separated by commas.

<h4>String Constant</h4>
<p>Syntax: <tt>"</tt> Characters... <tt>"</tt>

<p>A string constant evaluates to a list of strings of length one.

<h4>Variable Reference</h4>
<p>Syntax: Identifier

<p>The language of expressions is lexically scoped.  There are two
types of variables, lexical and global.

<p>Every lexical variable is introduced by a binding construct, which
is either a block expression, a function constant, or a do loop.  A
binding construct binds lexical variables to values.  A reference to
the variable evaluates to the value.

<p>Each global variable is bound to a location.  An assignment
statement overwrites the value in the variable's location.  A
reference to a global variable evaluates to the value in its location.
The location of a variable which is not predefined initially contains
the empty list of strings.

<h4>Function Call</h4>
<p>Syntax: (Item List,,,)

<p>The operands in List,,, are evaluated in order, and the operator
Item is evaluated.  The operator must evaluate to a function which is
invoked with the values of the operands.

<h4>Function Constant</h4>
<p>Syntax: <tt>function</tt> (Identifier,,,) Block end

<p>A function constant evaluates to a function.  When the value is
invoked with some arguments, the lexical variables named by Identifier,,,
are bound to the arguments and the block is evaluated. 

<a name="block"></a>
<h4>Block</h4>
<p>Syntax: { Block } 
<br>
where Block <tt>-&gt;</tt> Assignment... List

<p>A block is a sequence of zero or more lexical assignments followed
by a list.  When the block is a list, the block evaluates to the value
of the list.  Otherwise the block has the form

<blockquote>
<p>Identifier = List ; Block
</blockquote>

<p>where Identifier names a lexical variable.

When List is not a function constant, the value is equivalent to
evaluating List, binding the variable to value of the list, and then
evaluating Block.

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
z = "a"; z z
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>Evaluates to <tt>"a" "a"</tt>.

<p>When List is a function constant, the scope of the variable
includes List in addition to Block.  

<p>For example,

<blockquote>
<pre>
g = function(x, y) 
      if y then
        (g x y,) 
      else 
        x
      end 
    end;
(g "a", "b")
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>Evaluates to <tt>"a" "b"</tt>.

<a name="conditional_expressions"></a>
<h4>Conditional Expression</h4>
<p>Syntax: <tt>if</tt> List <tt>then</tt> Block1 <tt>else</tt> Block2 <tt>end</tt>

<p>If List evaluates to a nonempty list of strings, the conditional
evaluates to the value of Block1.  If List evaluates to the empty
list strings, the conditional evaluates to the value of Block2.

<p>For example, to compute the directories under edu that contain
source files,
<blockquote>
<pre>
# Predicate for filter
dir_has_src = function(dir) 
  (glob (cat dir "/*.java")) 
end;

# Filter out elements of list 
# that do not satisfy pred
filter = function(pred, list)
  if list then
    if (pred (first list)) then
      (first list) (filter pred, (rest list))
    else
      (filter pred, (rest list))
    end
  else
  end
end;

dirs_with_source 
  = (filter dir_has_src, (dirs "edu"));
</pre>
</blockquote>

<h4>Do Loop</h4>
<p>Syntax: <tt>do</tt> Identifier0 (Initializer,,,) Block end
<br>
where Initializer <tt>-&gt;</tt> Identifier1 = List1

<p>A do loop is an abbreviation for

<blockquote>
<p>{ Identifier0 = <tt>function</tt>(Identifier1,,,) Block <tt>end</tt>; 
(Identifier0 List1,,,) }
</blockquote>

<p>For example,
<blockquote>
<pre>
do h(x = "a", y = "b")
  if y then 
    (h x y,) 
  else
    x
  end 
end
</pre>
</blockquote>

<p>Evaluates to <tt>"a" "b"</tt>.

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="example">Example</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<pre>
# $Id: jmk.html,v 1.3 2001/12/06 14:48:39 ramsdell Exp $

# To make the system, run the command:
# $ java -jar jmk.jar
# in the root directory.
# jmk can be found at http://jmk.sourceforge.net.

# Other make targets: all clean doc

# Edit the following three assignments to fit your system.
# Names to invoke Sun's tools:
javac = "javac";
jar = "jar";
javadoc = "javadoc";

# javac flags
classpath = "." ;
javaflags = "-O" "-deprecation"
	    "-sourcepath" "src" 
            "-classpath" classpath
            "-d" ".";

# sources file names
srcs = (glob (join (dirs "src"), "/*.java"));
resources = "resources";
includes = (glob (join resources, "/*"));
files = "makefile.jmk" "dutmv.html" "license.txt" "dutmv.sh" "pack.sh";
target = "dutmv.jar";
mf="src/dutmv.mf";
timestamp = "timestamp";
# Packages for javadoc
pkg = "org.mitre.treemap" "org.mitre.dutmv";

"all": timestamp target;

timestamp: srcs; {
  exec javac javaflags ?;
  create timestamp;
}

target: srcs includes files; {
  exec jar "cfm" @ mf "org" resources "src" files;
}

"clean": ; {
  delall timestamp "org" target;
}

"api": ; {
  mkdir @;
}

"doc": "api"; {
  exec javadoc 
       "-sourcepath" "src" 
       "-classpath" classpath
       "-d" "api" 
       pkg;
}

".PHONY": "all" "clean" "doc";
</pre>

<h4>The Makefile used by jmk</h4>

<pre>
# A makefile file for jmk -- Make in Java

javaflags = "-O";

# jmk is in one package.
pkg = "edu.neu.ccs.jmk";

srcdir = (subst ".", "/", pkg);
# srcs contains all the Java source files.
srcs = (glob (join srcdir, "/*.java"));

jar = "jmk.jar";

"all":	jar;    # all is the default target.

# The following rule only compiles out of date 
# source files.  Sometimes the clean target
# must be used to force the compilation of the 
# entire system, such as when an inherited class
# is changed.
jar:	srcs;
{
  exec "javac" javaflags ?;
  exec "jar" "cf" @ "edu";
}

# doc is the target for running javadoc.
"doc": "docs" "docs/index.html";

"docs":;
{
  mkdir @;
}

"docs/index.html": srcs;
{
  exec "javadoc" "-package" "-d" "docs" pkg;
}

"clean":;
{
  delete (join srcdir, "/*.class") jar;
}

".PHONY": "clean" "doc" "all";
</pre>

</blockquote>
<H3><a name="grammar">Grammar</a></H3>
<blockquote>

<p>The makefile loader expects input to conform to the grammar given
below.  Comments start with the sharp sign character
(<tt>#</tt>) and continue to the end of the line.  In the grammar,
syntactic categories begin with an uppercase letter.  The pattern
Thing... indicates zero or more Things, Thing,,, indicates one or more
Things separated by commas, and vertical bar indicates alternatives.

<blockquote>
<p>Makefile <tt>-&gt;</tt> Statement Statement...
<br>
Statement <tt>-&gt;</tt> Assignment | Rule | Inclusion | Conditional
<br>
Assignment <tt>-&gt;</tt> Identifier = List ;
<br>
List <tt>-&gt;</tt> Item...
<br>
Item <tt>-&gt;</tt> String | Identifier | (Item List,,,)
| { Block } 
| <tt>if</tt> List <tt>then</tt> Block <tt>else</tt> Block <tt>end</tt>
| <tt>function</tt> (Identifier,,,) Block <tt>end</tt>
| <tt>do</tt> Identifier (Initializer,,,) Block <tt>end</tt>
<br>
Block <tt>-&gt;</tt> Assignment... List
<br>
Initializer <tt>-&gt;</tt> Identifier = List
<br>
Rule <tt>-&gt;</tt> Item List : List ; Commands
<br>
Commands <tt>-&gt;</tt> | { Command... }
<br>
Command <tt>-&gt;</tt> Ignore Operator List ;
<br>
Ignore <tt>-&gt;</tt> | -
<br>
Operator <tt>-&gt;</tt> <tt>exec</tt> | <tt>delete</tt> |
<tt>delall</tt> | <tt>mkdir</tt> | 
<tt>mkdirs</tt> | <tt>copy</tt> | <tt>rename</tt>
| <tt>create</tt> | <tt>note</tt> | <tt>forname</tt>
<br>
Inclusion <tt>-&gt;</tt> <tt>include</tt> List ;
<br>
Conditional <tt>-&gt;</tt> <tt>if</tt> List <tt>then</tt>
Statement... Alternative <tt>end</tt>
<br>
Alternative <tt>-&gt;</tt> | <tt>else</tt> Statement...
<br>
String <tt>-&gt;</tt> <tt>"</tt> Characters... <tt>"</tt>
<br>
Identifier <tt>-&gt;</tt> JavaIdentifier | <tt>@</tt> | <tt>&lt;</tt> | 
<tt>?</tt> | <tt>%</tt>
</blockquote>

<p>The JavaIdentifiers that are reserved and not available as
Identifiers are <tt>include</tt>, <tt>if</tt>, <tt>then</tt>,
<tt>else</tt>, <tt>end</tt>, <tt>function</tt>, and <tt>do</tt>.

</blockquote>
<h2><a name="options">OPTIONS</a></h2>
<blockquote>

<dl>
<dt><tt>-f</tt> <em>filename</em>
<dd>
Use <em>filename</em> for the makefile.
The default is <tt>makefile.jmk</tt>.
<dt><tt>-d</tt>
<dd>
Print additional information during a <tt>jmk</tt> run.
<dt><tt>-n</tt>
<dd>
Print but do not run commands during a <tt>jmk</tt> run.
<dt><tt>-w</tt>
<dd>
Use an AWT window for <tt>jmk</tt> output.
<dt><tt>-s</tt>
<dd>
Use a Swing window for <tt>jmk</tt> output.
<dt><tt>-v</tt>
<dd>
Print the version number.
</dl>

</blockquote>
<h2><a name="properties">PROPERTIES</a></h2>
<blockquote>

<p>Window properties are set by placing the file <tt>jmk.properties</tt>
in the class path.  The following properties can be set in the
properties file.
<dl>
<dt><tt>jmk.columns:</tt> <em>columns</em>
<dd>
Create a transcript window that displays <em>columns</em> characters
on a line of text.
<dt><tt>jmk.rows:</tt> <em>rows</em>
<dd>
Create a transcript window that displays <em>rows</em> lines of text.
<dt><tt>jmk.font:</tt> <em>font</em>
<dd>
Use <em>font</em> as the default font.
</dl>

</blockquote>
<h2>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS</h2>
<blockquote>

<p>Make in Java was inspired by and is loosely based on the Unix <a
href="#POSIX92">make</a> utility.  Thanks go to Richard Stallman and
Roland McGrath for making the sources and documentation for <a
href="#StallmanMcGrath96">GNU make</a> available to all.

</blockquote>
<h2>REFERENCES</h2>
<blockquote>

<dl>
<dt><a name="POSIX92"></a>[POSIX92]
<dd>
IEEE Computer Society.
<em>IEEE Standard for Information Technology--Portable Operating
System Interface (POSIX)--Part 2: Shell and Utilities</em>, volume&nbsp;1.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York,
NY, USA, 1992.
Std 1003.2-1992.
pp.&nbsp;666-679.
<dt><a name="StallmanMcGrath96"></a>[StallmanMcGrath96]
<dd>
Richard M. Stallman and Roland McGrath.
<em>GNU Make</em>.
Free Software Foundation, 0.51 edition, 1996.
</dl>

</blockquote>
<h2>LICENSE</h2>
<blockquote>

<p>The <tt>jmk</tt> program including its sources and documentation
is covered by the <a href="lesser.txt">GNU Lesser General Public License</A>.

</blockquote>
<h2>AUTHOR</h2>
<blockquote>

<p><a href="http://jmk.sourceforge.net">John D. Ramsdell</a> 

</blockquote>

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