sh = find_program('sh', native: true) scdoc = dependency('scdoc', native: true) scdoc_prog = find_program(scdoc.get_pkgconfig_variable('scdoc'), native: true) foreach man_src : [{'name': 'foot', 'section' : 1}, {'name': 'foot.ini', 'section': 5}, {'name': 'footclient', 'section': 1}] name = man_src['name'] section = man_src['section'] out = '@0@.@1@'.format(name, section) custom_target( out, output: out, input: '@0@.@1@.scd'.format(name, section), command: [sh, '-c', '@0@ < @INPUT@'.format(scdoc_prog.path())], capture: true, install: true, install_dir: join_paths(get_option('mandir'), 'man@0@'.format(section))) endforeach