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| -rw-r--r-- | make.texinfo | 15 |
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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 81d3254..cdfb8ab 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -5141,14 +5141,13 @@ create it.@refill Intermediate files are remade using their rules just like all other files. The difference is that the intermediate file is deleted when -@code{make} is finished. Therefore, the intermediate file which did -not exist before @code{make} also does not exist after @code{make}. -The deletion is reported to you by printing a @samp{rm -f} command -that shows what @code{make} is doing. (You can optionally define an -implicit rule so as to preserve certain intermediate files. You can also -list the target pattern of an implicit rule (such as @samp{%.o}) as a -dependency file of the special target @code{.PRECIOUS} to preserve intermediate -files whose target patterns match that file's name.)@refill +@code{make} is finished. Therefore, the intermediate file which did not +exist before @code{make} also does not exist after @code{make}. The +deletion is reported to you by printing a @samp{rm -f} command that +shows what @code{make} is doing. (You can list the target pattern of an +implicit rule (such as @samp{%.o}) as a dependency file of the special +target @code{.PRECIOUS} to preserve intermediate files made by implicit +rules whose target patterns match that file's name.)@refill @cindex intermediate files, preserving @cindex preserving intermediate files @cindex preserving with .PRECIOUS |