Meta data

The LMAKE dir at the root of the repo contains numerous information that may be handy for the user.

It also contains a lmake dir containing private data for open-lmake's own usage.

LMAKE/config_deps, LMAKE/rules_deps and LMAKE/sources_deps

These files contain a list of files that open-lmake has read to process Lmakefile.py when reading each section (config, rules and sources).

They contain several types of lines, depending on the first char:

• #: comment line
• *: line contains the open-lmake installation dir
• +: line contains an existing file that was read
• !: line contains a non-existing file that was accessed

These contents are then used to determine if each section must be refreshed when a new lmake command is run.

LMAKE/config

This file contains a description of the lmake.config dict as it has been understood by open-lmake after having processed Lmakefile.py.

LMAKE/manifest

This file contains a description of the sources as it has been understood by open-lmake after having processed Lmakefile.py.

LMAKE/rules

This file contains a description of the rules as they have been understood by open-lmake after having processed Lmakefile.py.

LMAKE/outputs/<date>/<time>

This file contains a transcript of the lmake command that has been run at <time> on <day>. Such logs are kept for a number of days given in lmake.config.console.history_days.

LMAKE/last_output

This file is a symbolic link to the last transcript.

LMAKE/targets

This file contains the targets that have been required by lmake commands in chronological order (with duplicates removed).

LMAKE/version

This file contains a state-recording version of open-lmake. If the recorded version does not match the used version, none of the open-lmake commands can be used.

LMAKE/debug

This dir contains a sub-dir for each job ldebug was used for. These sub-dirs are named after the job id as displayed by lshow -i.

LMAKE/tmp

This dir contains a sub-dir for each job which was run while keeping its tmp dir. These sub-dirs are named after the job id as displayed by lshow -i.

LMAKE/quarantine

This dir contains all files that have been quarantined. A file is quantantined when open-lmake decides it must be unlinked and it contains manual modifications, i.e. modifications made outside the control of open-lmake. In that case, in order to be sure that no user work is lost, the file is quarantined in this dir rather than unlinked.