The Build Utility
The DDK-supplied BUILD utility is ideal for production releases because it works from a single "makefile" concept to batch-build a variety of targeted binaries. For example, a single set of source files can be used to generate driver binaries for both Intel x86 platforms and Alpha platforms. Similarly, both the retail (free) and checked (debug) versions can be built from a single procedure.
What BUILD Does
The BUILD utility is just an elaborate wrapper around NMAKE. (NMAKE is Microsoft's attempt at the Unix make utility.) A batch file of instructions provides a recipe for the construction of one or more target configurations (e.g., checked and free).
Using a set of keywords, a source file list, and miscellaneous switches, ...
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