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Subject: help me understand: make, also file locks
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 13:01:17 -0400
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Coming from the ms world, i always installed programs
by pressing a button. i suppose the programs were in binary form.
With freebsd I often see the  make  command associated w/installing.
if someone could just briefly explain make, make install, and make clean?

Some apllications need a file lock dir. what is this for?

Thanks


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