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 1 Overview of `make'
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 The `make' utility automatically determines which pieces of a large
 program need to be recompiled, and issues commands to recompile them.
 This manual describes GNU `make', which was implemented by Richard
 Stallman and Roland McGrath.  Development since Version 3.76 has been
 handled by Paul D. Smith.
 
    GNU `make' conforms to section 6.2 of `IEEE Standard 1003.2-1992'
 (POSIX.2).  
 
    Our examples show C programs, since they are most common, but you
 can use `make' with any programming language whose compiler can be run
 with a shell command.  Indeed, `make' is not limited to programs.  You
 can use it to describe any task where some files must be updated
 automatically from others whenever the others change.
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