Make

programming, tool The Unix tool to automate the

recompilation, linking etc. of programs, taking account of the

interdependencies of modules and their modification times.

Make reads instructions from a "makefile" which specifies a

set of targets to be built, the files they depend on and the

commands to execute in order to produce them.

Most C systems come with a make. There is also one produce

by GNU.

["Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs",

A.I. Feldman, TR No 57, Bell Labs Apr 1977].

(1995-01-05)