make: Overview

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1 1 Overview of 'make'
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1 The 'make' utility automatically determines which pieces of a large
1 program need to be recompiled, and issues commands to recompile them.
1 This manual describes GNU 'make', which was implemented by Richard
1 Stallman and Roland McGrath.  Development since Version 3.76 has been
1 handled by Paul D. Smith.
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1    GNU 'make' conforms to section 6.2 of 'IEEE Standard 1003.2-1992'
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1    Our examples show C programs, since they are most common, but you can
1 use 'make' with any programming language whose compiler can be run with
1 a shell command.  Indeed, 'make' is not limited to programs.  You can
1 use it to describe any task where some files must be updated
1 automatically from others whenever the others change.
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· Preparing                   Preparing and running 'make'.
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· Bugs                        Problems and bugs.
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