The Open Source Zone

Initially, I thought Make was merely a utility that allowed you to execute commands based on customizable file interdependencies and their associated time stamps. Occaisionally I heard about other features, such as being able to write loops, or using string pattern subsitutions, or generating dependencies automatically.

I never really saw a Makefile book, so I took a look at this one in a store and it seemed to be reasonably complete and reasonably priced.

I don't write Makefiles often, but when I do, I find this book quite useful. I usually find a shortcut or feature that I previously did not know about such as being able to assign command line output to a variable, etc. The chapter on Implicit Rules is always a nice refresher for the few times I do write a Makefile.

Overall, this book has been a good reference and with a notable author as well.