Directions for installing make examples:

1. Download the file make_examples.tar
into the parent directory of your choice.
2. In this directory, unwrap the archive file with the command

   tar xvf make_examples.tar

3. (optional) Remove the file make_examples.tar.

Make examples are contained in the subdirectories ex1, ex2, ..., ex6, which are labeled in order of increasing complexity.

All of these examples use GNU make (/usr/local/apps/gnu/bin/make). Most of them do not work with Sun make (/usr/bin/make), or with any other version of make.

As of April 9, 1997, the version of GNU make in /usr/local/apps/gnu/bin is 3.70 on Sun, 3.74 on Silicon Graphics.

To access complete on-line documentation for GNU make:

Using the `Info' mode in emacs, you can access the documentation for version 3.70 (as of 4/9/97, available on Sun machines only) as follows:

1. Type the command <ESC>x followed by the word info, and press <RETURN>. You will get a list of topics for which there is on-line documentation.
2. Press the m key and then enter the word make at the prompt for a menu item.

The set of commands for paging through a manual in the emacs `Info' mode can be found by typing the command <ESC>x followed by the string describe-mode and then <RETURN>. You will then get a split screen with the manual in the top half and the list of commands in the bottom half. You can remove either half by clicking the left mouse button in the half that you DO NOT want to remove and then typing <CTRL>x1.

Prior familiarity with emacs is helpful, but not absolutely necessary.



Documentation for version 3.75 can be browsed at
http://www.aps.anl.gov/helpdocs/gnu/make/make_toc.html

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