From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: What is a Make File???
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 21:28:50 -0800
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Alan Wilson wrote:

> I see a lot about makefiles here on this list.  What is a makefile and
> what
> does it do?  I would like to know what everyone is talking about.

A makefile is a file which contains desciptions of how to build a project
(not necessarily even a program; make can be used for anything) that make
understands.  make is advantageous because it can dynamically figure out
dependencies and what needs to be built in what order so that everything
gets set up correctly, provided of course you've set up your makefile
correctly.

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