HTML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(wildcard *.txt)) all: $(HTML) # when each target of a multi-target rule has its own prereq # we use a static pattern rule. $(HTML): %.html: %.txt asciidoc -a toc2 $< TMP=/tmp/tpl-gh-pages stage: mkdir -p ${TMP} rm -if ${TMP}/* cp *.html *.css *.png ${TMP}