makefile targets problem

Ok, now I've tried solving my problem differently so I thought I might as well copy the actual code I'm working on. What I'm trying to do is to compile only the latest files (with the highest number) in the submitdirectory. for instance if the directory has the following files:

sequence-asrabaig-1.c sequence-asrabaig-2.c sequence-user-2.c sequence-asrabaig-3.c sequence-user-1.c

I would like to compile only: sequence-asrabaig-3.c sequence-user-2.c

My makefile is copied below. The $(FILES) contains the list of all files and $(PROCESSEDFILES) contains the ones I want to compile.

............................................... SOURCEFILES = fileread.c OBJECTFILES = filetest.o HEADERFILES = filetest.h OUTPUTFILE = hoho

searchprefix = sequence-

ifdef $d SUBMITDIR = $d else SUBMITDIR = .-submit endif

DIRFILES = $(wildcard $(SUBMITDIR)-*) FILES = $(notdir $(DIRFILES)) PROCESSEDFILES =

currentstr = $(call latestfile,$(call searchstring,$(1)))

# unique = $(if $(findstring $(call currentstr,$(1)),$(PROCESSEDFILES)),,PROCESSEDFILES += $(call currentstr,$(1)))

define unique ifeq ($(findstring $(call currentstr,$(1)),$(PROCESSEDFILES)),$(1)) PROCESSEDFILES += $(call currentstr,$(1))) endif endef

$(foreach f,$(FILES),$(call unique,$(f)))

all: $(PROCESSEDFILES)

$(PROCESSEDFILES):

shell1 = rm -f $(OUTPUTFILE); shell2 = $(CC) $(SUBMITDIR)-$(1) $(SOURCEFILES) $(OBJECTFILES) -o $(OUTPUTFILE); shell3 = if hoho; then echo success; else echo failure; fi

doit = echo $(1); echo $(call latestfile,$(call searchstring,$(1))) latestfile = $(word $(words $(call sortedsearchfiles,$(1))), $(call sortedsearchfiles,$(1))) sortedsearchfiles = $(sort $(filter $(1)%, $(FILES))) searchstring = $(searchprefix)$(word 2, $(subst -, , $(1)))

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If anybody can point out the error it would be a great help. Right now the make command says ********* missing separator on line 27 (i.e. after endef of unique)

Regards, Asra