Contents of a Makefile

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A makefile contains:

• Description blocks

• Commands

• Macros

• Inference rules

• Dot directives

• Preprocessing directives

Other features you can use in a makefile are wildcards, long filenames, comments, and special characters.

For a sample, see Sample Makefile.

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