The make(1) command is a utility program which was originally developed for Unix in 1977. The make command is a rule-driven program that executes a sequence of commands to create or update one or more files, based on a graph of prerequisite file relationships described in the rules and the modification times of the prerequisite files.
Make is most commonly used for compiling programs or libraries from source files, but it can be used for things other than software development.
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