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NMAKE Reference

Visual Studio 2005

The Microsoft Program Maintenance Utility (NMAKE.EXE) is a tool that builds projects based on commands contained in a description file.

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Contents of a Makefile

Description blocks

Commands in a Makefile

Macros and NMAKE

Inference rules

Makefile preprocessing

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C/C++ Build Tools

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Building on the Command Line
Creating and Managing Visual C++ Projects
Debugging in Visual Studio
C/C++ Building Reference

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