Visual Studio - Inline files in makefiles

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Inline files in makefiles

Evgeniy

2004-12-13, 4:09 pm

Hi all.
Does anybody know how to get inline file name from within
makefile if the name is not set obviously.

type <<
some text into inline file.
How to get this file's name?
<<

Thank you in advance.
Evgeniy.

Walter Briscoe

2004-12-14, 9:01 pm

In message <eHpqnRT4EHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl> of Mon, 13 Dec 2004
19:54:23 in microsoft.public.vstudio.general, Evgeniy
<someone@microsoft.com> writes
>Hi all.
>Does anybody know how to get inline file name from within
>makefile if the name is not set obviously.
[snip]

A relevant MSDN article is "Specifying an Inline File". I have it in:
<mk:@MSITStore:D:\MSDN.DVD\MSDN\vcug.chm::/html/_asug_specifying_an_inline_file.htm>

d:\wfb ) vcvars60
Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 tools.
d:\wfb ) type makefile
all:
type <<yourname.txt
some text into inline file.
How to get this file's name?
<<

d:\wfb ) nmake -nologo
type yourname.txt
some text into inline file.
How to get this file's name?

d:\wfb )
--
Walter Briscoe

Walter Briscoe

2004-12-15, 3:57 am

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Evgeniy

2004-12-15, 4:00 pm

Thank you Walter.
I meant how to get it if it is not set obviously:

all:
type<<
some text
How to get THIS file's name?
If it is nmake generated file name?
If it is not set obviously after <<
From within this same nmake session?
<<
# I need to use this file's name somewhere
# else in THIS makefile during the same
# session

Regards.
Evgeniy.

"Walter Briscoe" <wbriscoe@ponle.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:F5TinkEWYqvBFwl1@ponle.demon.co.uk...
> In message <eHpqnRT4EHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl> of Mon, 13 Dec 2004
> 19:54:23 in microsoft.public.vstudio.general, Evgeniy
> <someone@microsoft.com> writes
> [snip]
>
> A relevant MSDN article is "Specifying an Inline File". I have it in:
>
<mk:@MSITStore:D:\MSDN.DVD\MSDN\vcug.chm::/html/_asug_specifying_an_inline_f
ile.htm>
>
> d:\wfb ) vcvars60
> Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 tools.
> d:\wfb ) type makefile
> all:
> type <<yourname.txt
> some text into inline file.
> How to get this file's name?
> <<
>
> d:\wfb ) nmake -nologo
> type yourname.txt
> some text into inline file.
> How to get this file's name?
>
> d:\wfb )
> --
> Walter Briscoe

Walter Briscoe

2004-12-17, 3:57 am

In message <#7znytr4EHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl> of Wed, 15 Dec 2004
18:33:36 in microsoft.public.vstudio.general, Evgeniy
<someone@somewhere.?.invalid> writes
>Thank you Walter.
>I meant how to get it if it is not set obviously:
>
>all:
> type<<
>some text
>How to get THIS file's name?
>If it is nmake generated file name?
>If it is not set obviously after <<
>From within this same nmake session?
><<
># I need to use this file's name somewhere
># else in THIS makefile during the same
># session

I do not think there is any reasonable way to get at such files.

Why can you not name the file?

The relevant article seems to be: "Reusing Inline Files" which I find in
<mk:@MSITStore:D:\MSDN.DVD\MSDN\vcug.chm::/html/_asug_reusing_inline_files.htm>

It might be possible to search the $(tmp) folder for the name of the
file. If $(tmp) is unset, "." is used. It seems ridiculous to me to
search if there is no alternative.
--
Walter Briscoe

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