Unix in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

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The make program is a long time mainstay of the Unix toolset. It automates the building of software and documentation based on a specification of dependencies among files; e.g., object files that depend upon program source files, or PDF files that depend upon documentation program input files. GNU make is the standard version for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X.

This chapter presents the following topics:

  • Conceptual overview

  • Command-line syntax

  • Makefile lines

  • Macros

  • Special target names

  • Writing command lines

For more information, see Managing Projects with GNU make and GNU Make: A Program for Directing Recompilation, both listed in the Bibliography.

The software download site for GNU make is ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/.

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