I have a folder "test" containing the folder "pic" where I put some .eps
files now and then. In the test folder I would like to put a makefile
that converts the .eps files to .pdf files (using epstopdf) IF new .eps
files are added or if they have changed.

Is it possible to use make for this??

The problem is that it should find out what the filenames are:

<newfile>.eps:
epstopdf <newfile>.eps


But I don't know how to make this, any ideas?

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desktop wrote:
>...
>The problem is that it should find out what the filenames are:
>
><newfile>.eps:
>	epstopdf <newfile>.eps
>
>
>But I don't know how to make this, any ideas?

See:

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ma...matic-Variables


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desktop <fff@sss.com> writes:

> I have a folder "test" containing the folder "pic" where I put some
> .eps files now and then. In the test folder I would like to put a
> makefile that converts the .eps files to .pdf files (using epstopdf)
> IF new .eps files are added or if they have changed.
>
> Is it possible to use make for this??

Yes.

> The problem is that it should find out what the filenames are:
>
> <newfile>.eps:
> 	epstopdf <newfile>.eps
>
>
> But I don't know how to make this, any ideas?


[pjb@thalassa t]$ cat Makefile
.SUFFIXES: .pdf .eps
.eps.pdf: ; epstopdf $<
SRC=$(shell echo *.eps)
EPS=$(SRC:.eps=.pdf)
all:$(EPS)
[pjb@thalassa t]$ ls
./  ../  Makefile  a.eps  b.eps  c.eps
[pjb@thalassa t]$ make -n
epstopdf a.eps
epstopdf b.eps
epstopdf c.eps
[pjb@thalassa t]$


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Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com> writes:

> desktop <fff@sss.com> writes:
> 
>
> Yes.
> 
>
>
> [pjb@thalassa t]$ cat Makefile
> .SUFFIXES: .pdf .eps
> .eps.pdf: ; epstopdf $<
> SRC=$(shell echo *.eps)
> EPS=$(SRC:.eps=.pdf)
> all:$(EPS)
> [pjb@thalassa t]$ ls
> ./  ../  Makefile  a.eps  b.eps  c.eps
> [pjb@thalassa t]$ make -n
> epstopdf a.eps
> epstopdf b.eps
> epstopdf c.eps
> [pjb@thalassa t]$

Of course, s/EPS/PDF/ :

.SUFFIXES: .pdf .eps
.eps.pdf: ; epstopdf $<
SRC=$(shell echo *.eps)
PDF=$(SRC:.eps=.pdf)
all:$(PDF)

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desktop wrote:
> I have a folder "test" containing the folder "pic" where I put some .eps
> files now and then. In the test folder I would like to put a makefile
> that converts the .eps files to .pdf files (using epstopdf) IF new .eps
> files are added or if they have changed.
>
> Is it possible to use make for this??
>
> The problem is that it should find out what the filenames are:
>
> <newfile>.eps:
>     epstopdf <newfile>.eps
>
>
> But I don't know how to make this, any ideas?

In GNU make...

EPSFILES=$(wildcard *.eps)
PDFFILES=$(EPSFILES:%.eps=%.pdf)

all: $(PDFFILES)

%.pdf : %.eps
echo create $@ from $<
epstopdf $<

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