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Hi!

> thanks for that tip but how would I know to look at man [1 make] for
> something like that?

The BSD man pages in general are very detailed. So if a tool
has an issue, looking at the man page of the tool might help.

Yes, I'm still surprised about all the features bsd make has, but
it's a real feature monster.

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