CS2043 - Unix Tools & ScriptingLecture 16

Make (and VCS)Spring 2015 1

Instructor: Nicolas Savva

February 27, 2015

1based on slides by Hussam Abu-Libdeh, Bruno Abrahao and David Slater over the years

(with additional material from software-carpentry)

Instructor: Nicolas Savva CS2043 - Unix Tools & Scripting Lecture 16 Make (and VCS)

Announcements

A4 is due tomorrow night

Instructor: Nicolas Savva CS2043 - Unix Tools & Scripting Lecture 16 Make (and VCS)

Automation. Why Make?

see software-carpentry: make *

Instructor: Nicolas Savva CS2043 - Unix Tools & Scripting Lecture 16 Make (and VCS)

GNU Make

manage compilation of programs written in languages like C

used to automatically update any set of files that depend onanother set of files

Makefile describes how files depend on each other, and how toupdate out-of-date files

makes use of patterns, rules, and variables to eliminateredundancy

uses macros to control operation

Instructor: Nicolas Savva CS2043 - Unix Tools & Scripting Lecture 16 Make (and VCS)

Overview: Version Control Systems (VCS)

Instructor: Nicolas Savva CS2043 - Unix Tools & Scripting Lecture 16 Make (and VCS)

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Instructor: Nicolas Savva CS2043 - Unix Tools & Scripting Lecture 16 Make (and VCS)