Unix utility to build programs based on dependencies
Author: Stu Feldman Man Page: http://flint.cs.yale.edu/cs112/help/make-man.html Family: UnixMake Platform: Unix License: Commercial
make executes a list of shell commands associated with each target, typically to create or update a file of the same name. makefile contains entries that describe how to bring a target up to date with respect to those on which it depends, which are called dependencies. Since each dependency is a target, it may have dependencies of its own. Targets, dependencies, and sub-dependencies comprise a tree structure that make traces when deciding whether or not to rebuild a target.'