Makefile for texi2pdf command

Question

I use texi2pdf to generate pdf files from texinfo files using the command

texi2pdf myfile.texi

Am working on using a makefile for this and have written

name=06a-amcoh

texi=${name}.texi

pdf=${name}.pdf

all: ${pdf}

${pdf}: ${texi}
    texi2pdf $<

clear:
    rm -f ${pdf}

I could do with some help on the correct way to write the makefile and how to run it.

Answer 1

I would use a pattern rule:

PDFS := 06a-amcoh.pdf

all: $(PDFS)

%.pdf: %.texi
        texi2pdf $< -o $@

clean:
        rm -f $(PDFS)

This will work for any PDF you want to generate from a Texinfo file.

To run this:

make

will do (the first target is the default).