GNU Make is a tool which is primarily used to build programs from source code. It is capable of automatically running many complex commands which are needed to compile programs.

If you haven't heard of it before I recommend you read the GNU Make Manual.

Windows Specific Errors

If you receive the error messasge 'CreateProcess( "" .. blah, blah) failed' then you should add the following to the top of your Makefile:

SHELL=cmd.exe

Download from the following URL:

• GNU Make For Windows v3.75 + Source Code [700k]

Note: I offer no support for this program. You might prefer a more recent version of Make available from the unix-utils collection project.

If you're looking for more Unix tools for Microsoft Windows please see the following local links:

• GNU Bash for Windows
• GNU Grep for Windows
• GNU Less for Windows