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How could one make a wildcard dependency like boot/*.inc work in NMAKE?

PhantomR
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This works for me, with VS 2017:

>type makefile
mytarget : boot\*.inc
        !@echo $?

>dir/b boot
one.inc
two.inc

>nmake
boot\one.inc
boot\two.inc

The on-line documentation for NMAKE provided by Microsoft is simply awful.

In contrast, the older 59-page PDF document entitled Chapter 16: Managing Projects with NMAKE is vastly superior. It appears to agree with the current online version (an errata would be nice!). But it is surprisingly hard to find via Google; two links are http://www.engr.iupui.edu/~dskim/downloadable/reference_Nmake.pdf and https://www.scribd.com/document/19344397/Managing-Projects-With-NMAKE.

Joseph Quinsey
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    Thank you very much for your help! :) Strange indeed, but I guess you've linked me some kind of rare jewel then ^_^. – PhantomR Jan 05 '19 at 18:59
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    BTW, _Chapter 16: Managing Projects with NMAKE_ does not include the [Batch-Mode Rules](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/batch-mode-rules?view=vs-2017) feature. – Joseph Quinsey Jan 23 '19 at 18:26
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    BTW, an aside in the answer states "an errata would be nice!". I am starting to include some _errata_ here in the comments. If we get enough comments, maybe we could copy them to a new question/answer. – Joseph Quinsey Feb 08 '19 at 03:25
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    BTW, Some nmake command line options are now different, There are some new runtime switches: `/G`, `/U`, and `/Y`. The obsolete `/M` switch is gone, and `/V` is also gone. – Joseph Quinsey Feb 08 '19 at 03:45