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checks whether the target is up-to-date. If it is, make exits with a status of 0; otherwise, it
exits with a status of 1 (typically interpreted as an error by other software). make does not
run commands associated with the target unless they start with a plus sign (+) command
prefix.
does not read the default rules from the startup file.
terminates make if an error occurs when bringing a target up-to-date (opposite of -k). This
is the default.
does not display recipe commands, warning messages, or touch messages (see the -t
option). This is equivalent to the .SILENT attribute or macro.
touches the targets to mark them as up-to-date, but only execute commands to change a
target if the target has a plus sign (+) command prefix. make does not touch up-to-date
targets or targets that have prerequisites but do not have recipes. make displays a message
for each touched target file indicating the file name.
forces an unconditional update: make behaves as if all the prerequisites of the given target
are out-of-date.
displays the version number of make and a list of built-in rules.
displays a detailed account of make's progress, including files read, definition and
redefinition of each macro, meta-rule and suffix rule searches, and other information.
exports all macro definitions to the environment. This happens before make begins making
targets (but after it reads the entire makefile).
A target is normally a file that you want to ensure is up-to-date with the files that it is dependent on.
For example, you may want to check to see if a is based on the most recent version of the
corresponding source code and if not, recompile the source code to get an up-to-date version. In
this case, the compiled program file is the target and the corresponding source code files are
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