Linux › Section O · Development tools › Topic O.2
make
Once a program has more than a couple of source files, rebuilding it by hand becomes slow and error-prone. make reads a short description of what depends on what and runs only the commands needed to bring everything up to date.
In this topic
- Why make exists
- Targets, prerequisites and recipes
- Worked example: a first Makefile
- Built-in rules and timestamps
- Worked example: a header change
- Variables and automatic variables
- Running make from the command line
- Conventional targets
- Organising a larger Makefile
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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