$description = "The following tests the use of a PHONY target. It makes\n" ."sure that the rules under a target get executed even if\n" ."a filename of the same name of the target exists in the\n" ."directory.\n"; $details = "This makefile in this test declares the target clean to be a \n" ."PHONY target. We then create a file named \"clean\" in the \n" ."directory. Although this file exists, the rule under the target\n" ."clean should still execute because of it's phony status."; if ($vos) { $delete_command = "delete_file"; } else { $delete_command = "rm"; } $example = "EXAMPLE_FILE"; open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile"); # The Contents of the MAKEFILE ... print MAKEFILE ".PHONY : clean \n"; print MAKEFILE "all: \n"; print MAKEFILE "\t\@echo This makefile did not clean the dir ... good\n"; print MAKEFILE "clean: \n"; print MAKEFILE "\t$delete_command $example clean\n"; # END of Contents of MAKEFILE close(MAKEFILE); &touch($example); # Create a file named "clean". This is the same name as the target clean # and tricks the target into thinking that it is up to date. (Unless you # use the .PHONY target. &touch("clean"); $answer = "$delete_command $example clean\n"; &run_make_with_options($makefile,"clean",&get_logfile); &compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1)); if (-f $example) { $test_passed = 0; } 1;