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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

>> From: nospam AT none DOT com
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>> Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:17:04 +0000 (UTC)
>> 
>> I want to specify a rule
>> 
>> clean:
>>       for each directory in $(SUBDIRS)
>>               run $(MAKE) -C dir clean

> Didn't you see my suggestion?  It's supposed to do precisely that.

Ops.

It worked beautifully!!

actually all I needed was

clean:
        $(MAKE) TARGET=clean

it makes perfect sense, it calls itself again with a specific target!

thanks!!

Raymond