Re: Update Question

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The most obvious suggestion to me is add a dependency rule to your makefile
for this file that executes a "cvs update important_file.c" command.  That
way any time you do a make on the project, the critical file will be updated
and recompiled if it has changed.  For this to be useful, you must be able
to interact with CVS without entering a password.  How this is achieved
depends on how you originally authenticated with CVS.

Something like this should be added to your makefile:

important_file.o: important_file.c
        cvs update important_file.c
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c important_file.c

YMMV depending on your project rules. Don't forget tabs are required to indent
as shown above.

Adam
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Tennis Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a single file that's pivital to a project.  Any time that file is
> updated, we need to do a re-compile of the components dependent on it. Is
> there any way to automatically "drive" the recompilation when the user does
> a "cvs update" on that central file?
> 
> Any examples are welcome too. ;-)
> TIA,
> -Tennis
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