Building a TeamWare Target

When you build a program in TeamWare, you are actually building a TeamWare target, which is an object derived from the following:

• Build directory--The directory from which the build process is invoked and also the default directory for the makefile.

• Build command--The command that invokes the make utility, which reads the makefile and builds the make targets.

• Makefile--A file that contains entries that describe how to bring a make target up to date with respect to those files on which it depends (called dependencies). Since each dependency is a make target, it may have dependencies of its own. Targets and file dependencies and subdependencies form a tree structure that make traces when deciding whether or not to rebuild a make target.

• Make target--An object that make knows how to build from the directions (rules) contained in a particular makefile. For example, a make target could be all or clean. Makefiles are generally designed so that the default target (the one you get when you do not specify a target) is the most commonly built target.

When a TeamWare target is built, it is added to the list of TeamWare targets in the Build menu and in the Edit Target command. When you begin a build, TeamWare looks for the first target in the teamWare target list and builds it.

For information on the make utility, makefiles, and make targets, see Appendix B in Using Sun WorkShop.