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Computer languages C  +
Documentation note User printed manual available from https://order.fsf.org/#manuals; User online manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
Full description Make examines a set of related files, deteMake examines a set of related files, determines which of them are out of date, and runs just the commands necessary to bring them back up to date. Make is typically used to compile and link programs, but it can be useful in many other situations as well. Make reads a file called a 'makefile' to learn how the files in your program are put together. It may also contain rules to install the product, clear up the workspace, generate distribution packages, or other tasks. When you write a program, you should also create a makefile for it so that it is possible to use Make to build and install it.sible to use Make to build and install it.
Homepage URL http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html  +
Interface command-line  +
Is GNU true  +
Keywords compiler  + , development  + , programming  + , executables  +
Last review by Janet Casey +
Last review date 23 January 2009  +
License GPLv2orlater +
License verified by Kelly Hopkins  +
License verified date 29 July 2010  +
Name make  +
Program-build-automation make-related  +
Real name Paul D. Smith  + , Bob Chassell  + , Melissa Weishaus  + , Richard Stallman  +
Related projects Ant + , Automake + , Bras + , CMake + , FireMake + , Jam + , Maketool + , Phing + , SCons + , Ccbuild + , Gmsl + , Smake + , Pre Make + , Iplog + , Apache CouchDB + , Cons + , Makepp + , Autoconf +
Resource URL mailto:bug-make@gnu.org  + , mailto:help-make@gnu.org  + , mailto:make-alpha@gnu.org  + , gnu.announce  + , gnu.utils.bug  + , gnu.utils.help  +
Resource audience Bug Tracking  + , Support  + , Developer  + , Help  +
Resource kind E-mail  + , Newsgroup  +
Revisionid 5,328  +
Revisiontimestamp 12 April 2011 09:39:29  +
Revisionuser User:WikiSysop +
Role Maintainer  + , Contributor  +
Short description Generates executables and other non-source programs  +
Software-development program-build-automation  +
Submitted by Database conversion +
Submitted date 1 April 2011  +
Use software-development  +
User level none  +
VCS checkout command :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/make checkout make  +
Version date 28 July 2010  +
Version download http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/make-3.82.tar.bz2  +
Version identifier 3.82  +
Version status stable  +
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