Chapter 16. The GNU make Utility
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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