buildtm

Build TCL modules from multiple files

Requirements

Tcl 8.5+
Tcllib (only for testing)

Usage

To build a module, using a build config file called 'modulename.build':

$ tclsh buildtm.tcl modulename.build

Build Config File

buildtm uses a build config file to describe what files should be used to make the module. The config file is a valid Tcl dictionary which uses key value pairs. The config file also supports comments for lines beginning with #.

The file uses the following fields:

name        - The name of the module
version     - The version number of the module
description - A brief description of the module to put in the
              header comments.  Newlines and multiple spaces are
              stripped.  This field is optional.
files       - A list of files to form the module.  Each entry supports
              wildcards which are compatible with the Tcl command 'glob'.

As an example, the following would build the module 'mymodule-0.1.tm':

name mymodule
version 0.1
description {A module to do something interesting}
files {lib/*.tcl}

Testing

There is a testsuite in tests/. To run it:

$ tclsh tests/buildtm.tcl

Licence