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author | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
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committer | Philippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-04-20 12:18:28 +0000 |
commit | e8937ba00998cca6f259b3fdf32a7f7a38bc26ec (patch) | |
tree | 9eb4b7d718b67229ee4b8e61e9cad466a5a36945 /usr.bin/make/make.1 | |
parent | 1c2451c24d59abde50b89c0d506523298e1ae1e1 (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.1 | 24 |
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 , |