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MKDEP(1)                                 BSD General Commands Manual                                MKDEP(1)

NAME
     mkdep -- construct Makefile dependency list

SYNOPSIS
     mkdep [-ap] [-f file] [flags] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     mkdep takes a set of flags for the C compiler and a list of C source files as arguments and constructs
     a set of include file dependencies which are written into the file ``.depend''.  An example of its use
     in a Makefile might be:

           CFLAGS= -O -I../include
           SRCS= file1.c file2.c

           depend:
                   mkdep ${CFLAGS} ${SRCS}

     where the macro SRCS is the list of C source files and the macro CFLAGS is the list of flags for the C
     compiler.

     The options are as follows:

     -a      Append to the output file, so that multiple mkdep's may be run from a single Makefile.

     -f      Write the include file dependencies to file, instead of the default ``.depend''.

     -p      Cause mkdep to produce dependencies of the form:

                   program: program.c

             so that subsequent makes will produce program directly from its C module rather than using an
             intermediate .o module.  This is useful for programs whose source is contained in a single mod-ule. module.
             ule.

SEE ALSO
     cc(1), cpp(1), make(1)

FILES
     .depend  File containing list of dependencies.

HISTORY
     The mkdep command appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.

4.2 Berkeley Distribution                       June 6, 1993                       4.2 Berkeley Distribution