On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 04:27 -0700, Payal wrote: > Hello all > I am not a C/C++ coder at all. I am a part-time sys adm which requires me to > use a lot > of shell scripting and some perl. But for a long time I was intrigued to > learn make. > > My question is - with my background, can I learn make or do I have to know > C/C++ beforehand?
You don't need to know any programming language to use make. Make is a tool used to update a set of target files, based on changes to a set of source files. That's it. Any time you have a situation where you modify some files, then want to run a predefined set of steps to update other files, you could use make. People use make for all sorts of tasks that have absolutely nothing to do with programming: updating web sites, creating documentation, performing backups, and a whole host of other things we probably would never think of. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.us "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
