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<h3 class="section">What Name to Give Your Makefile</h3>

   <p>By default, when <code>make</code> looks for the makefile, it tries the
following names, in order: <code>GNUmakefile</code>, <code>makefile</code>
and <code>Makefile</code>.

   <p>Normally you should call your makefile either <code>makefile</code> or
<code>Makefile</code>.  (We recommend <code>Makefile</code> because it appears
prominently near the beginning of a directory listing, right near other
important files such as <code>README</code>.)  The first name checked,
<code>GNUmakefile</code>, is not recommended for most makefiles.  You should
use this name if you have a makefile that is specific to GNU
<code>make</code>, and will not be understood by other versions of
<code>make</code>.  Other <code>make</code> programs look for <code>makefile</code> and
<code>Makefile</code>, but not <code>GNUmakefile</code>.

   <p>If <code>make</code> finds none of these names, it does not use any makefile.
Then you must specify a goal with a command argument, and <code>make</code>
will attempt to figure out how to remake it using only its built-in
implicit rules.  See <a href="Implicit-Rules.html#Implicit%20Rules">Using Implicit Rules</a>.

   <p>If you want to use a nonstandard name for your makefile, you can specify
the makefile name with the <code>-f</code> or <code>--file</code> option.  The
arguments <code>-f&nbsp;</code><var>name</var><code></code> or <code>--file=</code><var>name</var><code></code> tell
<code>make</code> to read the file <var>name</var> as the makefile.  If you use
more than one <code>-f</code> or <code>--file</code> option, you can specify several
makefiles.  All the makefiles are effectively concatenated in the order
specified.  The default makefile names <code>GNUmakefile</code>,
<code>makefile</code> and <code>Makefile</code> are not checked automatically if you
specify <code>-f</code> or <code>--file</code>.

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