# GNU Make Manual

[GNU Make Manual](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/ "title")

## 1 Overview of make

> * The `make` utility automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issues commands to recompile them.

`make` 可以自動檢測並編譯一個大型程式中，哪些部分的程式需要重新編譯。

> * You can use make with any programming language whose compiler can be run with a shell command.

除了 C 只要是能透過 Shell 命令編譯的程式都可以使用。