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kmk Quick Reference
===================

This appendix summarizes the directives, text manipulation functions, and
special variables which ``kmk`` understands.

.. See section Special Built-in Target Names and Summary of Options, for other
   summaries.


Directives
----------

Here is a summary of the directives ``kmk`` recognizes:

    Define a multi-line, recursively-expanded variable::

        define variable
        endef

    Conditionally evaluate part of the makefile::

        ifdef variable
        ifndef variable
        ifeq (a,b)
        ifeq "a" "b"
        ifeq 'a' 'b'
        ifneq (a,b)
        ifneq "a" "b"
        ifneq 'a' 'b'
        if1of (set-a,set-b)
        ifn1of (set-a,set-b)
        if expression
        else
        endif

    Include another makefile::

        include file
        -include file
        sinclude file

    Include another dependency file::

        includedep file

    Define a variable, overriding any previous definition, even one from the
    command line::

        override variable = value
        override variable := value
        override variable += value
        override variable <= value
        override variable ?= value
        override define variable
        endef

    Tell ``kmk`` to export all variables to child processes by default::

        export

    Tell ``kmk`` whether or not to export a particular variable to child
    processes::

        export variable
        export variable = value
        export variable := value
        export variable += value
        export variable <= value
        export variable ?= value
        unexport variable

    Define a variable in the local context instead of the global one::

        local variable = value
        local variable := value
        local variable += value
        local variable <= value
        local variable ?= value
        local define variable
        endef

    Specify a search path for files matching a ``%`` pattern::

        vpath pattern path

    Remove all search paths previously specified for pattern::

        vpath pattern

    Remove all search paths previously specified in any vpath directive::

        vpath



Automatic variables
-------------------

Here is a summary of the automatic variables.

+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable  | Description                                                     |
+===========+=================================================================+
| ``$@``    | The file name of the target.                                    |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$<``    | The name of the first prerequisite.                             |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$?``    | The names of all the prerequisites that are newer than the      |
|           | target, with spaces between them.                               |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$^``    | The names of all the prerequisites, duplicates omitted.         |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$+``    | The names of all the prerequisites, duplicates and order        |
|           | preserved                                                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$*``    | The stem with which an implicit rule matches.                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$|``    | The name of all the order only prerequisites.                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(@D)`` | The directory part of ``$@``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(<D)`` | The directory part of ``$<``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(?D)`` | The directory part of ``$?``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(^D)`` | The directory part of ``%^``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(+D)`` | The directory part of ``$+``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(*D)`` | The directory part of ``$*``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(|D)`` | The directory part of ``$|``.                                   |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(@F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$@``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(<F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$<``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(?F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$?``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(^F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$^``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(+F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$+``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(*F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$*``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``$(|F)`` | The file-within-directory part of ``$|``.                       |
+-----------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+



Special variables
-----------------

All variables starting with a ``.`` is reserved by ``kmk``. The following
variables are specially used or/and defined by ``kmk``:

+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| Variable                 | Description                                      |
+==========================+==================================================+
| ``.DEFAULT_GOAL``        | The makefile default goal. You can set this in   |
|                          | the makefile, if you don't it will default to    |
|                          | the first target that is encountered.            |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``.FEATURES``            | List of GNU ``make`` features. Do not set this.  |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``.INCLUDE_DIRS``        | List of include directories, ``-I`` arguments    |
|                          | and defaults. Do not set this.                   |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``.RECIPEPREFIX``        | Recipe prefix, defaults to tab.                  |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``.VARIABLES``           | Special variable which exands to the list of     |
|                          | variable. Do not set this.                       |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``CURDIR``               | Set to the pathname of the current working       |
|                          | directory (after all ``-C`` options are          |
|                          | processed, if any). Do not set this.             |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KBUILD_VERSION``,      | The kBuild version string and the break down     |
| ``KBUILD_VERSION_MAJOR``,| into individual components.                      |
| ``KBUILD_VERSION_MINOR``,|                                                  |
| ``KBUILD_VERSION_PATCH``,|                                                  |
| ``KBUILD_KMK_REVISION``  |                                                  |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KBUILD_HOST``          | The host operating system.                       |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KBUILD_HOST_ARCH``     | The host architecture.                           |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KBUILD_HOST_CPU``      | The host CPU ``kmk`` is built for, set to        |
|                          | ``blend`` if not any particular CPU.             |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KBUILD_PATH``          | Where the kBuild scripts are.                    |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KBUILD_BIN_PATH``      | Where the host specific kBuild binaries are.     |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KMK``,                 | The name with which ``kmk`` was invoked. Using   |
| ``MAKE``                 | this variable in recipes has special meaning.    |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_BUILTIN``          | List of built-in commands.                       |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_FEATURES``         | List of ``kmk`` specific features.               |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_FLAGS``            | The flags given to ``kmk``. You can set this in  |
|                          | the environment or a makefile to set flags.      |
|                          |                                                  |
|                          | It is never appropriate to use ``KMK_FLAGS``     |
|                          | directly in a recipe line: its contents may not  |
|                          | be quoted correctly for use in the shell. Always |
|                          | allow recursive ``kmk``'s to obtain these values |
|                          | through the environment from its parent.         |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_LEVEL``            | The number of levels of recursion (sub-makes).   |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_VERSION``          | The GNU ``make`` version number.                 |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``MAKECMDGOALS``         | The targets given to ``kmk`` on the command line.|
|                          | Do not set this.                                 |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``MAKEFILES``            | Makefiles to be read on every invocation of      |
|                          | ``kmk``.                                         |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``MAKEFILE_LIST``        | List of the makefiles that ``kmk`` has opened.   |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``MAKESHELL``            | OS/2 and MS-DOS only, the name of the command    |
|                          | interpreter that is to be used by ``kmk``. This  |
|                          | value takes precedence over the value of SHELL.  |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``SHELL``                | The name of the default command interpreter,     |
|                          | kmk_ash. You can set SHELL in the makefile to    |
|                          | change the shell used to run recipes. The SHELL  |
|                          | variable is handled specially when importing     |
|                          | from and exporting to the environment.           |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``SUFFIXES``             | The default list of suffixes before ``kmk``      |
|                          | reads any makefiles (always empty).              |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| ``VPATH``                | Directory search path for files not found in the |
|                          | current directory.                               |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+


The following variables reflects ``kmk`` options. Do not set these.

+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| Variable                            | Description                           |
+=====================================+=======================================+
| ``KMK_OPTS_JOBS``                   | -j slots, ``0`` if not given.         |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_KEEP_GOING``             | -k indictor (``0``/``1``).            |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_JUST_PRINT``             | -n indicator (``0``/``1``).           |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_PRORITY``                | --priority level, ``0`` if not given. |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_AFFINITY``               | --affinity mask, ``0`` if not given.  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_STATISTICS``             | --statistics indicator (``0``/``1``). |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_PRINT_TIME``             | The --print-time value.               |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ``KMK_OPTS_PRETTY_COMMAND_PRINTING``| --pretty-command-printing indicator.  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+



Built-in functions
------------------


String Manipulation Functions:

    Replace ``from`` with ``to`` in ``text``::

        $(subst from,to,text)

    Replace words matching ``pattern`` with ``replacement`` in ``text``::

        $(patsubst pattern,replacement,text)

    Remove excess whitespace characters from ``string``::

        $(strip string)

    Locate ``find`` in ``text``, returning ``find`` if found::

        $(findstring find,text)

    Select words in ``text`` that match one of the ``pattern`` words::

        $(filter pattern...,text)

    Select words in ``text`` that do not match any of the ``pattern`` words::

        $(filter-out pattern...,text)

    Sort the words in ``list`` lexicographically, removing duplicates::

        $(sort list)

    Sort the words in ``list`` lexicographically in reserve order, removing
    duplicates::

        $(rsort list)

    Count the number of words in ``text``::

        $(words text)

    Extract the ``n``\th word (one-origin) of ``text``::

        $(word n,text)

    Returns the list of words in ``text`` from ``s`` to ``e`` (one-origin)::

        $(wordlist s,e,text)

    Extract the first word of ``names``::

        $(firstword names...)

    Extract the last word of ``names``::

        $(lastword names...)

    Join two parallel lists of words::

        $(join list1,list2)

    Fold ``text`` to upper case::

        $(toupper text)

    Fold ``text`` to lower case::

        $(tolower text)

    String formatting a la the unix ``printf`` command::

        $(printf fmt, arg...)

    Return the length of a string or a (unexpanded) variable::

        $(length string)
        $(length-var var)

    Find the position of ``needle`` in ``haystack``, returns 0 if not found.
    Negative ``start`` indices are relative to the end of ``haystack``, while
    positive ones are one based::

        $(pos needle, haystack[, start])
        $(lastpos needle, haystack[, start])

    Returns the specified substring. The ``start`` works like with ``$(pos )``.
    If the substring is partially outside the ``string`` the result will be
    padded with ``pad`` if present::

        $(substr string, start[, length[, pad]])

    Insert ``in`` into ``str`` at the specified position. ``n`` works like with
    ``$(pos )``, except that ``0`` is the end of the string::

        $(insert in, str[, n[, length[, pad]]])

    Translate ``string`` exchanging characters in ``from-set`` with ``to-set``,
    optionally completing ``to-set`` with ``pad-char`` if specified. If no
    ``pad-char`` characters absent in ``to-set`` will be deleted::

        $(translate string, from-set[, to-set[, pad-char]])


Functions for file names:

    Extract the directory part of each file ``name``::

        $(dir names...)

    Extract the non-directory part of each file ``name``::

        $(notdir names...)

    Extract the suffix (the last ``.`` and following characters) of each file
    ``name``::

        $(suffix names...)

    Extract the base name (name without suffix) of each file name::

        $(basename names...)

    Append ``suffix`` to each word in ``names``::

        $(addsuffix suffix,names...)

    Prepend ``prefix`` to each word in ``names``::

        $(addprefix prefix,names...)

    Find file names matching a shell file name ``pattern`` (not a ``%``
    pattern)::

        $(wildcard pattern...)

    For each file name in ``names``, expand to an absolute name that does not
    contain any ``.``, ``..``, nor symlinks::

        $(realpath names...)

    For each file name in ``names``, expand to an absolute name that does not
    contain any ``.`` or ``..`` components, but preserves symlinks::

        $(abspath names...)

    Same as ``$(abspath )`` except that the current directory can be
    specified as ``curdir``::

        $(abspathex names...[, curdir])


Arithmetic Functions:

    Returns the sum of the arguments::

        $(int-add addend1, addend2[, addendN])

    Returns the difference between the first argument and the sum of the rest::

        $(int-sub minuend, subtrahend[, subtrahendN])

    Returns the product of the arguments::

        $(int-mul factor1, factor2[, factorN])

    Returns the quotient of first argument and the rest::

        $(int-div dividend, divisor[, divisorN])

    Returns the modulus of the two arguments::

        $(int-mod dividend, divisor)

    Returns the bitwise two-complement of argument::

        $(int-not val)

    Returns the result of a bitwise AND of the arguments::

        $(int-and val1, val2[, valN])

    Returns the result of a bitwise OR of the arguments::

        $(int-or val1, val2[, valN])

    Returns the result of a bitwise XOR of the arguments::

        $(int-xor val1, val2[, valN])

    Returns the ``kmk`` boolean (true = non-empty, false = empty) result
    of ``val1 == val2``::

        $(int-eq val1, val2)

    Returns the ``kmk`` boolean result of ``val1 != val2``::

        $(int-ne val1, val2)

    Returns the ``kmk`` boolean result of ``val1 > val2``::

        $(int-gt val1, val2)

    Returns the ``kmk`` boolean result of ``val1 >= val2``::

        $(int-ge val1, val2)

    Returns the ``kmk`` boolean result of ``val1 < val2``::

        $(int-lt val1, val2)

    Returns the ``kmk`` boolean result of ``val1 <= val2``::

        $(int-le val1, val2)


(Mostly) Boolean Functions:

    Condition is false if the ``condition`` evaluates to an empty string
    (stripped). Evaluate the ``true-part`` if the condition is true, otherwise
    the ``false-part``::

        $(if condition,true-part[,false-part])

    Test if any of the conditions evalues to non-empty string, returning the
    first one::

        $(or condition1[,condition2[,condition3[...]]])

    Test if all of the conditions evaluates to non-empty strings, returning the
    last one::

        $(and condition1[,condition2[,condition3[...]]])


    Test if the two strings are identical, returning ``kmk`` boolean (true =
    non-empty, false = empty)::

        $(eq str1, str2)

    Invert a ``kmk`` boolean value::

        $(not val)

    Test if ``variable`` is defined, returning a ``kmk`` boolean value::

        $(defined variable)

    Test if ``set-a`` and ``set-b`` intersects, returning a ``kmk`` boolean
    value::

        $(intersects set-a, set-b)

    Same as ``$(if )`` execpt that the condition is a ``kmk`` expression::

        $(if kmk-expression,true-part[,false-part])

    Evalutate the ``kmk`` expression returning what it evalues as. This is
    the preferred way of doing arithmentic now::

        $(expr kmk-expression)


Stack Fuctions:

      Push ``item`` onto the ``stack-var``, returning the empty string::

            $(stack-push stack-var, item)

      Pop the top item off the ``stack-var``::

            $(stack-pop stack-var)

      Pop the top item off the ``stack-var``, returning the empty string::

            $(stack-popv stack-var)

      Get the top item of the ``stack-var``, returning the empty string::

            $(stack-top stack-var)


Advanced Functions:

    Evaluates to the contents of the variable ``var``, with no expansion
    performed on it::

        $(value var)

    Evaluate ``text`` with ``var`` bound to each word in ``words``, and
    concatenate the results (spaced)::

        $(foreach var,words,text)

    Evaluate the variable ``var`` replacing any references to ``$(1)``,
    ``$(2)`` with the first, second, etc. ``param`` values::

        $(call var,param,...)

    Evaluate ``text`` then read the results as makefile commands. Expands
    to the empty string::

        $(eval text)

    Same as ``$(eval text)`` except that the ``text`` is expanded in its
    own variable context::

        $(evalctx text)

    Same as ``$(eval $(value var))``::

        $(evalval var)

    Same as ``$(evalctx $(value var))``::

        $(evalvalctx var)

    A combination of ``$(eval )``, ``$(call )`` and ``$(value )``::

        $(evalcall var)

    A combination of ``$(eval )`` and ``$(call )``::

        $(evalcall var)

    Remove comments and blank lines from the variable ``var``. Expands to
    the empty string::

        $(eval-opt-var var)

    Returns accessing ``$<`` of ``target``, either retriving the whole thing
    or the file at ``pos`` (one-origin)::

        $(deps target[, pos])

    Returns accessing ``$+`` (order + duplicates) of ``target``, either
    retriving the whole thing or the file at ``pos`` (one-origin)::

        $(deps-all target[, pos])

    Returns accessing ``$?``  of ``target``, either retriving the whole
    thing or the file at ``pos`` (one-origin)::

        $(deps-newer target[, pos])

    Returns accessing ``$|`` (order only)  of ``target``, either retriving the
    whole thing or the file at ``pos`` (one-origin)::

        $(deps-oo target[, pos])


Command Functions:

    Create one or more command lines avoiding the max argument
    length restriction of the host OS::

        $(xargs ar cas mylib.a,$(objects))
        $(xargs ar cas mylib.a,ar as mylib.a,$(objects))


    Returns the commands for the specified target separated by new-line, space,
    or a user defined string. Note that this might not produce the 100% correct
    result if any of the prerequisite automatic variables are used::

        $(commands target)
        $(commands-sc target)
        $(commands-usr target,sep)

    Compares two commands returning the empty string if equal and the 3rd
    argument if not. This differs from ``$(comp-vars v1,v2,ne)`` in that
    line by line is stripped of leading spaces, command prefixes and
    trailing spaces before comparing::

        $(comp-cmds cmds-var1, cmds-var2, ne)
        $(comp-cmds-ex cmds1, cmd2, ne)


    Compares the values of the two variables returning the empty string if
    equal and the 3rd argument if not. Leading and trailing spaces is ignored::

        $(comp-var var1, var2, ne)


Utility functions:

    When this function is evaluated, ``kmk`` generates a fatal error with the
    message ``text``::

        $(error text...)

    When this function is evaluated, ``kmk`` generates a warning with the
    message ``text``::

        $(warning text...)

    When this function is evaluated, ``kmk`` generates a info with the
    message ``text``::

        $(info text...)

    Execute a shell ``command`` and return its output::

        $(shell command)

    Return a string describing how the ``kmk`` variable ``variable`` was defined::

        $(origin variable)

    Return a string describing the flavor of the ``kmk`` variable ``variable``::

        $(flavor variable)

    Returns the current local time and date formatted in the ``strftime``
    style specifier ``fmt``. ``fmt`` defaults to ``%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S`` when
    not specified::

        $(date fmt)

    Returns the current UTC time and date formatted in the ``strftime``
    style specifier ``fmt``. ``fmt`` defaults to ``%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`` when
    not specified::

        $(date-utc fmt)

    Reformats the ``in`` time and date using ``fmt``. The ``in-fmt`` defaults
    to ``fmt`` if not specified. While ``fmt`` defaults to
    ``%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`` if not specified::

        $(date-utc fmt,time,in-fmt)

    Returns the current nanosecond timestamp (monotonic when possible)::

        $(nanots )

    Returns the size of the specified file, or -1 if the size could not
    be obtained. This can be used to check if a file exist or not::

        $(file-size file)

    Searches the ``PATH`` ``kmk`` variable for the specified ``files``::

        $(which files...)

    OS/2: Returns the specified LIBPATH variable value::

        $(libpath var)

    OS/2: Sets the specified LIBPATH variable value, returning the empty string::

        $(libpath var,value)


Debugging Functions:

    Returns various make statistics, if no item is specified a default
    selection is returned::

        $(make-stats item[,itemN])

    Raise a debug breakpoint. Used for debugging ``kmk`` makefile parsing::

        $(breakpoint )



Special Targets
---------------

todo



Built-in Commands
-----------------

todo



kmk-expression
--------------

todo



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