QMake Commands

QMake by default does 'check' build. There are many other operations QMake can do, the following is a summary of the commands and variables it understands.

Commonly used commands

In particualr it removes object files created during compilation for this library this forces all objects in the current library to be recompiled.

check	Build binaries and libraries with consistancy checking (Default). this is the recomended target for development work.
debug	Build binaries and code with debug information, but link with the check version of RAVL. This should be quicker than debugging all of RAVL.
debugfull	Build binaries with debug information, link executables with the all available debug information. NB. The executables may be very large.
opt	Optimised build.
shared	Build optimised shared libraries/executables.
prof	Output optimised code with profiling info suitable for prof.
gprof	Output optimised code with profiling info suitable for gprof.
purify	Build all executables in the CURRENT directory with purify. purify executables are prefixed with 'pure_'. Use only on solaris machines.
src	Check-out all source, and put headers in the right place.
clean	Remove all temporary files. (NB. Use VAR=... to set variant.) (See below for details)
optclean	as clean with VAR=opt
dbclean	as clean with VAR=debug
chkclean	as clean with VAR=check
cleanlib	Like clean, but removes library as well.
cleandep	Remove all dependency files. Clean dependancy information. This forces the make system to recompute the library and file dependancies.
distclean	Clean and remove all executables and libraries for current variant.
doc	Make automatic documentation.
chead	Check headers compile cleanly.
lib_info	RCS- Tells you which libraries are needed/used to create an executable.
help	Print this help on the QMake system.
defs	List of public def's files.
test	Compile and run test executables.
retest	Rerun the final stage of testing.
notes	Print help on more obscure/unstable parts of the QMake system.

Variables

PROCS=(no)	Number of processors to use.
VAR=(check|debug|opt|shared)	check (default), debug, opt
QMAKE_INFO=1	Print command lines during make.
USERCFLAGS=...	Pass extra options to the compiler.

Obsolete

listco	RCS- List all files that are checked out in source tree.
listoff	List all directories that are turned off.
listfix	List all lines in source than contain 'FIXME'.
ci	RCS- Check in directory tree. See 'notes' for details.
docentry	Make semantic documentation

Examples

  % qm qopt

Make optimised version of code, with frozen dependencies.

  % qm debug PROCS=1 QMAKE_INFO=1 

Build a debug version of file and executables, use only one processor and show the commands that are executed.