make

make - Generates executables and other non-source programs

Make examines a set of related files, determines which of them are out of date, and runs just the commands necessary to bring them back up to date.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.

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html
Source tarball	http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.gz

Version 3.80 (stable) released on 2002-10-04

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2 or later.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

User printed manual available from https://order.fsf.org/#manuals; User online manual available from http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html

Support contacts

Announce News	gnu.announce
Help List	<help-make@gnu.org>
Help News	gnu.utils.help
Developer List	<make-alpha@gnu.org>
Bug List	bug-make@gnu.org

Project contacts

Maintainers	Paul D. Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
Developers	Roland McGrath <roland@gnu.org> Paul D. Smith <psmith@gnu.org>
Contributors	Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> Bob Chassell <bob@gnu.org> Melissa Weishaus <melissa@gnu.org>

Related information

Source repository	$ cvs -z3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvsroot/make checkout make
Interfaces	command line
Source languages	C
Related programs	Automake, Autoconf

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-05-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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