How to to execute a Makefile from a server

Hi I'm completly knew to Ant files and makefiles. I have a file structure that was setup by someone else. They basically have an ant file that is executed from a Makefile. The ant file builds all the js scripts into one file and all other files related to the project.

I have a 开发者_如何学编程few questions I want to ask here before I run the script.

1. Can I execute a Makefile from a server. I have SSH access to the server and its folders via terminal. Can I add a command to terminal that will execute the Makefile on the server.
2. The makefile has 3 setup modes, the ones I'm interested in are the first 2. Mostly the debug build.

release : $(ANT_EXE) -f $(ANT_FILE) "build release"

debug : $(ANT_EXE) -f $(ANT_FILE) "build debug"

The file name is just Makefile

1. How would I execute the file using just the debug

Thanks

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Just access your machine using SSH and execute your Makefile as if you were physically using the machine. ie:

Chapsterj@home $> ssh ssh.machine.net
  Welcome to machine.net
Chapsterj@machine.net $> make debug
  Blablabla I am a Makefile
  I am making your binary.
  (Compilation nightmare)

Reminder on Makefile rules:

• A "make" with no arguments will execute the first rule.
• Use "make rule" to execute a certain rule (in you case "make debug" to run the "debug" rule

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Since you have SSH access to the server, and you know where the makefile and ant script file are, I recommend to use the ant task to execute your remote ant files.

For example, put the following target into your local ant build script file (build.xml in this example)

<target name="run-remote-ant-script">
    <sshexec host="chapsterj-bla.com" 
         username="chapsterj" password="your password here"
         trust="true"
         command="ant -f [path-to-your-ant-script-file/your-ant-file-name] build debug"
         failonerror="false"/>
</target>

cd to the directory that contains your local build.xml in your local machine, and run

ant run-remote-ant-script

ant will do other job for you.