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make

To compile a program made up of several independent software modules. The make utility recompiles only those modules that have been updated since the last compilation. See makefile.

make
1. Bridge the contract to be played
2. Cards a player's turn to shuffle
make [′māk]
(electricity)
Closing of relay, key, or other contact.
(programming, tool)Make - 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].


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