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    copied!<p>Makefile can be used for <a href="http://graphics.ucmerced.edu/~mkallmann/courses/cse171-08s/makehelp.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">building software</a>.<br> But, they are not limited to that activity.</p> <p><a href="http://makepp.sourceforge.net/1.19/makepp_tutorial.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Makefiles can help sequence many things</a>.<br> Which <a href="http://pgraycode.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/using-makefiles-for-regression-testing/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">includes test frameworks</a>.</p> <p>Have you used a Makefile based build, test, install sequence?<br> There are <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tools to make Makefiles</a>!</p> <p>Here are some out-of-the way uses to,</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://harold.teerun.de/article/make/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">automate simulations</a></li> <li><a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/shn2make" rel="nofollow noreferrer">automate burning of archive and audio CDs</a></li> <li><a href="http://zovirl.com/2008/08/16/photographers-guide-to-point-reyes/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">automate image processing for a wordpress blog</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.timesinks.net/blog/articles/2009/04/24/dnssec-part-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">automate DNSSEC signature re-signs</a></li> </ul> <p>Other references within stackoverflow on,</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/395234/any-interesting-uses-of-makefiles-to-share">interesting uses of makefiles</a> and, </li> <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/73799/how-did-you-learn-the-gnu-make-tools">how people learned Makefiles</a></li> </ul>
 

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