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)
