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Len Zettel <zettel@acm.org> writes:

> The man page for make refers to
> Make - A Tutorial.
> A google search turns up such a
> beast at 
> http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/Make/index.html
> Is the information there valid for FreeBSD?

Nearly all of the information there is valid for *any* make variant.

> If not, where can the right tutorial be found?

When the man page said:
     PMake - A Tutorial.  in /usr/share/doc/psd/12.make
that meant you were expected to look in the directory
"/usr/share/doc/psd/12.make".