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Chapter 3: Linux Commands

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.IGNORE:

Ignore error codes. Same as the -i option.

.INTERMEDIATE:

This target’s dependencies should be treated as intermediate

files.

.NOTPARALLEL:

If this target exists in a Makefile, run make serially, ignoring

option -j.

.PHONY:

Always execute commands under a target, even if it is an

existing, up-to-date file.

.PRECIOUS:

Files you specify for this target are not removed when you

send a signal (such as an interrupt) that aborts make or when

a command line in your description file returns an error.

.SECONDARY:

Like .INTERMEDIATE, this target’s dependencies should be

treated as intermediate files, but never automatically deleted.

.SILENT:

Execute commands, but do not echo them. Same as the -s

option.

.SUFFIXES:

Suffixes associated with this target are meaningful in suffix

rules. If no suffixes are listed, the existing list of suffix rules is

effectively “turned off.”

makedbm

makedbm [options] infile outfile

makedbm [option]

NFS/NIS command. Create or dump an NIS dbm file. makedbm

will take a text infile and convert it to a gdbm database file named

outfile. This file is suitable for use with ypserv. Each line of the

input file is converted to a single record. All characters up to the

first TAB or SPACE form the key, and the rest of the line is the

data. If a line ends