Where can I find a tutorial on the writing of MAKEFILEs?

Question

I need to write some MAKEFILEs, but know nothing about them. Will someone please post some links to tutorials on how to create these wonderful files? I would like to study the basics of MAKEFILEs, from the beginning...

Answer 1

http://www.google.com/search?q=makefile+tutorial

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html

http://mrbook.org/blog/tutorials/make/

http://www.opussoftware.com/tutorial/TutMakefile.htm

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/classes/c304/Makefiles.html

http://www.cs.duke.edu/~ola/courses/programming/Makefiles/Makefiles.html

http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2002/cmsc214/Tutorial/makefile.html

Answer 2

Not exactly a beginner's HowTo, but you probably want to read Recursive Make Considered Harmful fairly soon after you begin to feel comfortable.