Maintaining Files on Plan 9 with Mk

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Post by jsfcoding » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 1:17 PM UTC

Maintaining Files on Plan 9 with Mk
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Re: Maintaining Files on Plan 9 with Mk

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Post by bkq » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 1:26 PM UTC

Archive link as I'm having issues accessing the page: https://archive.ph/7GWAI

Re: Maintaining Files on Plan 9 with Mk

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Post by black_knight » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 1:42 PM UTC

I use mk for all my personal projects. It is such a useful place to store maintenance operations on files exactly where they are needed. Not just build-type operations, but also syncing with remote stuff and other maintenance things.

My webside is managed by a big mkfile which builds html from markdown using pandoc and deploys over ssh. There is even a target in there for checking for dead links using curl.

I just counted: 778 mkfiles in my personal files.

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Post by bkq » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 1:46 PM UTC

black_knight wrote: post #3

I use mk for all my personal projects. It is such a useful place to store maintenance operations on files exactly where they are needed. Not just build-type operations, but also syncing with remote stuff and other maintenance things. My webside is managed by a big mkfile which builds html from markdown using pandoc and deploys over ssh. There is even a target in there for checking for dead links using curl. I just co…

That sounds really interesting, any chance you could post the mkfile you use for that?

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Post by Crontab » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 2:01 PM UTC

Is the make from Go based on the Plan 9 Mk? Or is it something else entirely?

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Post by ainar-g » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 2:05 PM UTC

Crontab wrote: post #5

Is the make from Go based on the Plan 9 Mk? Or is it something else entirely?

What do you mean by “make from Go”?

Re: Maintaining Files on Plan 9 with Mk

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Post by Crontab » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 2:06 PM UTC

ainar-g wrote: post #6

Crontab wrote: post #5

Is the make from Go based on the Plan 9 Mk? Or is it something else entirely?

What do you mean by “make from Go”?

Nevermind, I see that Go has a build subcommand.

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Post by daptaq » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 2:10 PM UTC

black_knight wrote: post #3

I use mk for all my personal projects. It is such a useful place to store maintenance operations on files exactly where they are needed. Not just build-type operations, but also syncing with remote stuff and other maintenance things. My webside is managed by a big mkfile which builds html from markdown using pandoc and deploys over ssh. There is even a target in there for checking for dead links using curl. I just co…

Any reason you chose to use mk over (GNU) Make?

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Post by black_knight » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 3:44 PM UTC

bkq wrote: post #4

black_knight wrote: post #3

I use mk for all my personal projects. It is such a useful place to store maintenance operations on files exactly where they are needed. Not just build-type operations, but also syncing with remote stuff and other maintenance things. My webside is managed by a big mkfile which builds html from markdown using pandoc and deploys over ssh. There is even a target in there for checking for dead links using curl. I just co…

That sounds really interesting, any chance you could post the mkfile you use for that?

Sure, I will post it once I get home. There is no hocus pocus in it, but I has been working for me without issue for close to a decade already.

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Post by black_knight » Tue, Sep 06, 2022, 3:50 PM UTC

daptaq wrote: post #8

black_knight wrote: post #3

I use mk for all my personal projects. It is such a useful place to store maintenance operations on files exactly where they are needed. Not just build-type operations, but also syncing with remote stuff and other maintenance things. My webside is managed by a big mkfile which builds html from markdown using pandoc and deploys over ssh. There is even a target in there for checking for dead links using curl. I just co…

Any reason you chose to use mk over (GNU) Make?

Mostly just the simpler syntax. I always found makefiles a bit off-putting. On the other hand, the syntax for mkfiles, especially with rc as the mk shell, feels slick and homely.