SILENT   [plain text]

$description = "The following tests the special target .SILENT.  By simply\n"
              ."mentioning this as a target, it tells make not to print\n"
              ."commands before executing them.";

$details = "This test is the same as the clean test except that it should\n"
          ."not echo its command before deleting the specified file.\n";

if ($vos)
{
   $delete_command = "delete_file";
}
else
{
   $delete_command = "rm";
}

$example = "EXAMPLE_FILE";

open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");

# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...

print MAKEFILE ".SILENT : clean\n";
print MAKEFILE "clean: \n";
print MAKEFILE "\t$delete_command EXAMPLE_FILE\n"; 

# END of Contents of MAKEFILE

close(MAKEFILE);

&touch($example);

$answer = "";
&run_make_with_options($makefile,"clean",&get_logfile,0);

&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1)); 
if (-f $example)
{
   $test_passed = 0;
}
 
1;