tclmake -- a Tcl-only make-like utility

This release: 0.2 devel -- unreleased

tclmake is a simple make-like utility written entirely in Tcl. It reads files written in a subset of regular make, but with the commands for each rule written in Tcl.

For example, a rule and command might look like:

  tclIndex: main.tcl parse.tcl update.tcl
        auto_mkindex [pwd] main.tcl parse.tcl update.tcl

tclmake has some interesting features:

Since the commands are written in Tcl, file processing using Tcl commands (such as the above example) are simpler to write.
Programs written in Tcl that need to do stuff based on file dependencies can call tclmake directly, instead of having to write makefiles.

tclmake has some simple enhancements to provide useful default actions even if there is no makefile, and to make recursion in subdirectories simpler.

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WARNING

tclmake is alpha-release software. It has the potential to do a lot of damage to your files, so please try tclmake in a test directory first.