Makefile to combine js files and make a compressed version

Question

I am trying to write a basic makefile that combines multiple js files into a single one and then does the same but compresses them.

So far I have this one that can m

Answer 1

You were almost there :-) This should work:

spark-dev.js: ${modules}
    cat > $@ $^

Background: The function of cat is to (try to) open all the files listed on its command line, and dump the contents to stdout. The > $@ syntax is understood by the shell to mean "create the file $@, and connect this command's stdout to it", so now we end up with the contents of $^ combined together into $@.