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+#
+# Makefile for octave's scripts directory
+#
+# John W. Eaton
+# jwe@che.utexas.edu
+# Department of Chemical Engineering
+# The University of Texas at Austin
+
+TOPDIR = ..
+
+srcdir = @srcdir@
+VPATH = @srcdir@
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/Makeconf
+
+SOURCES = computer.in *.m
+
+DISTFILES = Makefile.in $(SOURCES)
+
+MFILES = $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.m)
+MFILES_NO_DIR = $(notdir $(MFILES))
+
+all: computer.m
+.PHONY: all
+
+computer.m: computer.in
+	if test "$(target_host_type)" = unknown ; then \
+	  sed -e "s/%target_host_type%/Hi Dave, I'm a HAL-9000/" \
+	    $(srcdir)/computer.in > computer.m ; \
+	else \
+	  sed -e "s/%target_host_type%/$(target_host_type)/" \
+	    $(srcdir)/computer.in > computer.m ; \
+	fi
+
+check: all
+.PHONY: check
+
+install: all
+	if test -d $(libsubdir) ; then true ; \
+	else $(TOPDIR)/mkpath $(libsubdir) ; fi
+	for f in $(MFILES_NO_DIR) ; do \
+	  rm -f $(libdir)/$$f ; \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/$$f $(libsubdir)/$$f ; \
+	done
+	rm -f $(libsubdir)/computer.m
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) computer.m $(libsubdir)/computer.m
+.PHONY: install
+
+uninstall:
+	for f in $(MFILES_NO_DIR) ; do rm -f $(libsubdir)/$$f ; done
+.PHONY: uninstall
+
+clean:
+	rm -f computer.m
+.PHONY: clean
+
+tags: $(SOURCES)
+	ctags $(SOURCES)
+
+TAGS: $(SOURCES)
+	etags $(SOURCES)
+
+mostlyclean: clean
+.PHONY: mostlyclean
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f Makefile
+.PHONY: distclean
+
+realclean: distclean
+	rm -f tags TAGS
+.PHONY: realclean
+
+local-dist:
+	ln $(DISTFILES) ../`cat ../.fname`/scripts
+.PHONY: local-dist
+
+dist:
+	ln $(DISTFILES) ../`cat ../.fname`/scripts
+.PHONY: dist