MAKE(1) User Commands MAKE(1) (NAME) make - GNU Make (SYNOPSIS) make [OPTION]... [TARGET]... (DESCRIPTION) make . GNU make Richard Stallman Roland McGrath Paul Smith . C make . make . make makefile . (object files) . makefile : make . make makefile . makefile . make makefile target target . -f make makefile GNUmakefile makefile Makefile . makefile makefile Makefile . ( Makefile README .) GNUmakefile makefile . makefile GNU Make make . makefile '-' . make target target target . (OPTIONS) -b, -m make . -B, --always-make . -C dir, --directory=dir dir makefile . -C : -C / -C etc -C /etc. make . -d . --- make . --debug[=FLAGS] . FLAGS -d . FLAGS . : : all ( -d) basic verbose implicit jobs makefile makefile print why make . none . -e, --environment-overrides makefile . -E string, --eval string makefile string eval . -f file, --file=file, --makefile=FILE file makefile . -i, --ignore-errors . -I dir, --include-dir=dir dir makefile . -I . make -I : -Idir -I dir. -I C . -j [jobs], --jobs[=jobs] jobs () . -j . -j make . --jobserver-style=style jobserver . style fifo, pipe, sem ( ) . -k, --keep-going . . -l [load], --load-average[=load] load ( ) () . . -L, --check-symlink-times mtime . -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon ( ). -o file, --old-file=file, --assume-old=file file file. . -O[type], --output-sync[=type] -j . type target . type line . type recurse make . type none . -p, --print-data-base ( ) makefile . -v ( ) . make -p -f/dev/null. -q, --question << >>. . -r, --no-builtin-rules . . -R, --no-builtin-variables . -s, --silent, --quiet . --no-silent -s . -S, --no-keep-going, --stop -k . -t, --touch ( ) . make. --trace ( ). -v, --version make . -w, --print-directory . make . --no-print-directory -w . --shuffle[=MODE] . MODE : none random reverse random seed . MODE random . -W file, --what-if=file, --new-file=file, --assume-new=file file . -n . -n touch make make . --warn-undefined-variables . (EXIT CODES) GNU Make makefile . -q make . . (SEE ALSO) make Texinfo . info make info make . (BUGS) ``Problems and Bugs'' The GNU Make Manual. (AUTHORS) Dennis Morse . Mike Frysinger . Roland McGrath Paul Smith . (COPYRIGHT) (C) 1992-1993, 1996-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GNU Make. GNU Make (GNU General Public License) ( ) / . GNU Make . . . https://www.gnu.org/licenses. GNU 26 May 2023 MAKE(1)