diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/makehelp')
| -rwxr-xr-x | bin/makehelp | 65 |
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/makehelp b/bin/makehelp new file mode 100755 index 0000000..d6fbda2 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/makehelp @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +cat << EOF +Help for HDF5 Makefiles +For help with the make utility itself, try 'man make'. + +HDF5 makefiles are used to build, test, and install HDF5. The exact +behavior and output will depend on your system's version of make, compiler, +etc. + +Usage: make [make options] [TARGET] + +Targets: +make help: print this help message + +make, make all: (default if no target is specified) + builds all libraries, tools, and tests +make lib: builds libraries only +make progs: builds libraries and programs +make tests: builds libraries, programs, and tests. + Essentially the same as 'make all'. +make check, make tests, +make _test, make test: Run HDF5's test suite. + Make will exit with a failure if any tests fail. + +make install: install HDF5 libraries, include files, and tools +make install-examples: installs example source files +make install-all: runs both make-install and make install-examples +make check-install: test building examples with installed HDF5 library +make uninstall: remove installed files +make install-examples: removes example source files +make uninstall-all: removes both installed libraries and examples + +make check-clean: remove files generated by running tests + (allows tests to be re-run) +make mostlyclean: remove intermediate files (*.o files). + Doesn't clean libraries or executables. +make clean: remove all files generated by make or make check +make distclean: remove all files generated by make, make check, or + configure + +make check-p: Only run parallel tests +make check-s: Only run serial tests +make check-vfd: Run tests with each virtual file driver + +HDF5 uses Automake, so any standard Automake targets not listed here +should also work. + +Configure options that affect Makefile behavior: + --enable-fortran, --enable-cxx, --enable-parallel, and --disable-hl +enable or disable various interfaces. Make will only recurse into these +directories if they are specified at configure time. + --prefix=[path], --libdir=[path], --includedir=[path], etc. can be used +to change the directory into which make install puts files. + --enable-build-all causes make to build some files that are only +needed by developers (test file generation programs). + +Environment variables that affect Makefile behavior: + Make will honor environment variables like CFLAGS that are used when building and linking. + The variable HDF5TestExpress can be used to control the running time +of the tests. HDF5TestExpress = 0 is a full run of the tests while +to run make check. 1 and 2 are intermediate values. The default value is 1. + +Available command-line options for make depend on the version of make installed +on your system. Try 'man make'. + +EOF |