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Diffstat (limited to 'build.1')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ Build information is encoded in two ways: .Pp There can be multiple command lines, but only one dependency line. +.Pp +Unlike +.Xr make 1 , +.Nm +executes all command lines, +joined by newlines, +in the same shell process. +This means that you can keep state across multiple commands. +Note that all commands are executed +regardless of the exit status of previous commands. . .Sh EXAMPLES .Pp @@ -52,8 +62,8 @@ Assuming that the file starts with the following text, .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.\\" This document is built with the following shell commands: -\&.\\" $ refer -p refs doc.t | troff -ms | dpost > doc.ps -\&.\\" $ ps2pdf doc.ps > doc.pdf +\&.\\" $ refer -p refs doc.t | troff -ms | dpost > doc.ps && +\&.\\" $ ps2pdf doc.ps > doc.pdf && \&.\\" $ rm doc.ps \&. \&.\\" It depends on the following files: |