From: gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
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Subject: Re: What is a Make File???
Date: 7 Mar 1997 02:14:02 GMT
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Alan Wilson (alan DOT wilson AT wilshire DOT com) 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 script for the Make utility (in mak375b.zip). It is
basically a list of files which can be created from other files,
showing which source files affect which destination files. The Make
utility uses this to decide which parts of a project need
recompiling at any stage (by comparing datestamps on the files).

For more information you should download mak375b.zip from the v2gnu 
directory of your favourite mirror, unzip it and look at the info
documentation for make.

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George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford.