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Vladimir Prus
2006-11-30 21:15:48 +00:00
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@@ -631,13 +631,16 @@ rule <replaceable>rule-name</replaceable> (
<section>
<title>Name</title>
<!-- perphaps we should use 'name-target-name' to closer
bind this description to the rule's signature. Here, and for
other parameters. -->
<para>The name of main target has two purposes. First, it's used to refer to this target from
other targets and from command line. Second, it's used to compute the names of the generated files.
Typically, filenames are obtained from main target name by appending system-dependent suffixes and
prefixes.
</para>
<para>THe name of a main target can contain alphanumeral characters,
<para>The name of a main target can contain alphanumeric characters,
dashes, undescores and dots. The entire
name is significant when resolving references from other targets. For determining filenames, only the
part before the first dot is taken. For example:</para>