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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000
commite8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec (patch)
tree9eb4b7d718b67229ee4b8e61e9cad466a5a36945 /usr.bin/make/make.1
parent1c2451c24d59abde50b89c0d506523298e1ae1e1 (diff)
Use `The .Nm utility'
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=95124
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/make/make.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/make/make.124
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
index ba4ad3383c62..fce162eb934d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@
.Op Ar variable Ns No = Ns Ar value
.Op Ar target ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Make
-is a program designed to simplify the maintenance of other programs.
+The
+.Nm
+utility is a program designed to simplify the maintenance of other programs.
Its input is a list of specifications
describing dependency relationships between the generation of
files and programs.
@@ -467,8 +468,9 @@ was executed with
A path to the directory where
.Nm
was executed.
-.Nm Make
-sets
+The
+.Nm
+utility sets
.Va .CURDIR
to the canonical path given by
.Xr getcwd 3 .
@@ -512,8 +514,9 @@ If they are undefined and
is unable to change into any of the remaining three directories,
then the current directory is used.
.Pp
-.Nm Make
-sets
+The
+.Nm
+utility sets
.Va .OBJDIR
to the canonical path given by
.Xr getcwd 3 .
@@ -1120,7 +1123,9 @@ variable.
.It Ic .PATH\fIsuffix\fR
The sources are directories which are to be searched for suffixed files
not found in the current directory.
-.Nm Make
+The
+.Nm
+utility
first searches the suffixed search path, before reverting to the default
path if the file is not found there.
This form is required for
@@ -1173,8 +1178,9 @@ Most of the more esoteric features of
.Nm
should probably be avoided for greater compatibility.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
-.Nm Make
-uses the following environment variables, if they exist:
+The
+.Nm
+utility uses the following environment variables, if they exist:
.Ev MACHINE ,
.Ev MAKE ,
.Ev MAKEFLAGS ,