QMake problem

**adhit** · 13th April 2009, 10:19

Hello! How can i use qmake program, to generate only Makefile without directories that qmake creates analyzing .pro file?
Thank you!

**lyuts** · 13th April 2009, 10:48

What directories are you talking about?

**adhit** · 13th April 2009, 11:01

For example i have .pro file:

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TEMPLATE 		= lib
INCLUDEPATH 	= ../include \ 
		  ../../common/libxml2/include \
		  ../../common/iconv/include \
		  ../../common/include
OUTPUT			= ../../..
TEMP			= ../../../temp/dstr/file
CONFIG      	+= plugin
RCC_DIR			= ./res
RESOURCES		= ./res/resource.qrc
 
Debug {
	DEFINES		+= _DEBUG
	DESTDIR 	= $${OUTPUT}/debug
	OBJECTS_DIR	= $${TEMP}/debug
} else {
	DESTDIR 	= $${OUTPUT}/release
	OBJECTS_DIR	= $${TEMP}/release
}
 
win32 {
	LIBS		+=	$${DESTDIR}/libxml2.lib
} else {
	LIBS		+=	-lxml2
}
 
MOC_DIR		= $${OBJECTS_DIR}
 
PRECOMPILED_HEADER  = std.h
 
HEADERS +=	header.h
 
SOURCES	+=	main.cpp

TEMPLATE 		= lib
INCLUDEPATH 	= ../include \ 
		  ../../common/libxml2/include \
		  ../../common/iconv/include \
		  ../../common/include
OUTPUT			= ../../..
TEMP			= ../../../temp/dstr/file
CONFIG      	+= plugin
RCC_DIR			= ./res
RESOURCES		= ./res/resource.qrc

Debug {
	DEFINES		+= _DEBUG
	DESTDIR 	= $${OUTPUT}/debug
	OBJECTS_DIR	= $${TEMP}/debug
} else {
	DESTDIR 	= $${OUTPUT}/release
	OBJECTS_DIR	= $${TEMP}/release
}

win32 {
	LIBS		+=	$${DESTDIR}/libxml2.lib
} else {
	LIBS		+=	-lxml2
}

MOC_DIR		= $${OBJECTS_DIR}

PRECOMPILED_HEADER  = std.h
 
HEADERS +=	header.h
           
SOURCES	+=	main.cpp

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I run qmake program:

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C:\temp>qmake project.pro

C:\temp>qmake project.pro

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Program generates files Makefile, Makefile.Release, Makefile.Debug and TEMP, DESTDIR and RCC_DIR directories, as they defined in .pro file.

But i only need Makefiles without generated directories.

**spirit** · 13th April 2009, 11:04

don't specify these dirs, but in this case all automatically generated files will be in that directory where pro-file is located.

**lyuts** · 13th April 2009, 11:23

I'm not sure if this is the right answer (i haven't tried this) but this is what i have found in qmake's doc:

-makefile

qmake output will be a Makefile.

http://doc.trolltech.com/4.5/qmake-running.html#syntax

Maybe this will end up in generating only makefiles.

A question to you. What is the problem with created directories? Why don't you want them to be created?

**adhit** · 13th April 2009, 11:53

An option -makefile doesn't help, it still generates directories.

I need to parse .pro file. But instead of analyzing strings in .pro file, i decided to generate makefiles with qmake. And then anaylyze them by keywords. May be there are easier ways to parse .pro file...