Make (software)
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In software development, Make is a build automation tool that automatically builds executable programs and libraries from source code by reading files called Makefiles which specify how to derive the target program. Though integrated development environments and language-specific compiler features can also be used to manage a build process, Make remains widely used, especially in Unix and Unix-like operating systems.
| Paradigm | macro, declarative |
|---|---|
| Designed by | Stuart Feldman |
| First appeared | April 1976 |
| Implementation language | C |
| OS | Unix-like, Inferno |
| File formats | Makefile |
| Major implementations | |
| BSD, GNU, nmake | |
| Dialects | |
| BSD make, GNU make, Microsoft nmake | |
| Influenced | |
| Ant, Rake, MSBuild, and others | |
Make can be used to manage any project where some files need to be updated automatically from others whenever the others change in addition to building programs.