Counter variable? Buildbar

In gnumake, is it possible to have a variable act as a
counter?
Basically I want to be able to pass in a numerical value to
a program
each time I compile a C file.

For example, this kind of thing ...

%.obj: %.c
	$(cc) $(cc_args) /Fo$ $<
	buildbar $(counter)
	$(counter) ++

My buildbar program is basically just a windows progress bar
that will
display how far through the build I am.  To get the max
files, I'm
using "$(words $(c_object_file)".  Obviously
this will only work if I'm
doing a full remake.  Can anyone think of a better way of
doing this,
so that it will work when not doing a full remake?  I'm
guessing it's
not possible without being quite hacky, due to the fact that
the files'
timestamps are compared as it goes along, so it's no way of
knowing how
many files it will be compiling in the long run.  Unless or
course
there was a dummy iteration first.

Thanks for any help,
- Dan

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In gnumake, is it possible to have a variable act as a
counter?
Basically I want to be able to pass in a numerical value to
a program
each time I compile a C file.

For example, this kind of thing ...

%.obj: %.c
	$(cc) $(cc_args) /Fo$ $<
	buildbar $(counter)
	$(counter) ++

My buildbar program is basically just a windows progress bar
that will
display how far through the build I am.  To get the max
files, I'm
using "$(words $(c_object_file)".  Obviously
this will only work if I'm
doing a full remake.  Can anyone think of a better way of
doing this,
so that it will work when not doing a full remake?  I'm
guessing it's
not possible without being quite hacky, due to the fact that
the files'
timestamps are compared as it goes along, so it's no way of
knowing how
many files it will be compiling in the long run.  Unless or
course
there was a dummy iteration first.

Thanks for any help,
- Dan

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help-gnu-utilsgnu.org

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In gnumake, is it possible to have a variable act as a
counter?
Basically I want to be able to pass in a numerical value to
a program
each time I compile a C file.

For example, this kind of thing ...

%.obj: %.c
	$(cc) $(cc_args) /Fo$ $<
	buildbar $(counter)
	$(counter) ++

My buildbar program is basically just a windows progress bar
that will
display how far through the build I am.  To get the max
files, I'm
using "$(words $(c_object_file)".  Obviously
this will only work if I'm
doing a full remake.  Can anyone think of a better way of
doing this,
so that it will work when not doing a full remake?  I'm
guessing it's
not possible without being quite hacky, due to the fact that
the files'
timestamps are compared as it goes along, so it's no way of
knowing how
many files it will be compiling in the long run.  Unless or
course
there was a dummy iteration first.

Thanks for any help,
- Dan

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help-gnu-utils mailing list
help-gnu-utilsgnu.org

http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-utils

In gnumake, is it possible to have a variable act as a
counter?
Basically I want to be able to pass in a numerical value to
a program
each time I compile a C file.

For example, this kind of thing ...

%.obj: %.c
	$(cc) $(cc_args) /Fo$ $<
	buildbar $(counter)
	$(counter) ++

My buildbar program is basically just a windows progress bar
that will
display how far through the build I am.  To get the max
files, I'm
using "$(words $(c_object_file)".  Obviously
this will only work if I'm
doing a full remake.  Can anyone think of a better way of
doing this,
so that it will work when not doing a full remake?  I'm
guessing it's
not possible without being quite hacky, due to the fact that
the files'
timestamps are compared as it goes along, so it's no way of
knowing how
many files it will be compiling in the long run.  Unless or
course
there was a dummy iteration first.

Thanks for any help,
- Dan

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