@set EDITION 0.43
@set VERSION 3.68 Beta
-@set UPDATED 22 July 1993
+@set UPDATED 23 July 1993
@set UPDATE-MONTH July 1993
@c finalout
appear on the same line, with a semicolon. Either way, the effect is the
same. @xref{Commands, ,Writing the Commands in Rules}.
-@cindex dollar sign (@code{$}) in rules
+@cindex dollar sign (@code{$}), in rules
@cindex @code{$}, in rules
@cindex rule, and @code{$}
Because dollar signs are used to start variable references, if you really
see @ref{Interrupts}.)@refill
@cindex intermediate files, preserving
@cindex preserving intermediate files
-@cindex preserving with .PRECIOUS
+@cindex preserving with @code{.PRECIOUS}
@cindex @code{.PRECIOUS} intermediate files
A chain can involve more than two implicit rules. For example, it is
@code{make}.
@item
-Simply-expand variables. @xref{Flavors, ,The Two Flavors of Variables}.
+Simply-expanded variables. @xref{Flavors, ,The Two Flavors of Variables}.
@item
Pass command-line variable assignments automatically through the
@item
Allow suffixes for suffix rules
(@pxref{Suffix Rules, ,Old-Fashioned Suffix Rules}) to contain any
-characters. In other version of @code{make}, they must begin with
+characters. In other versions of @code{make}, they must begin with
@samp{.} and not contain any @samp{/} characters.
@item
have a special meaning to System V @code{make};
they refer to the SCCS file that corresponds
to the file one would get without the @samp{~}. For example, the
-suffix rule @samp{.c~.o} would make the file @file{@var{n}.o} file from
+suffix rule @samp{.c~.o} would make the file @file{@var{n}.o} from
the SCCS file @file{s.@var{n}.c}. For complete coverage, a whole
series of such suffix rules is required.
@xref{Suffix Rules, ,Old-Fashioned Suffix Rules}.
This appendix summarizes the directives, text manipulation functions,
and special variables which GNU @code{make} understands.
@xref{Special Targets}, @ref{Catalogue of Rules, ,Catalogue of Implicit Rules},
-and @ref{Options Summary, ,Summary of Options}.
+and @ref{Options Summary, ,Summary of Options},
for other summaries.
Here is a summary of the directives GNU @code{make} recognizes: