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From: lois@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Lois Gerber)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: make -b does what?
Message-ID: <5980062@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Feb 90 00:23:39 GMT
Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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This question is directed at OLD (and I mean OLD) Unix gurus :

Can anyone explain to me clearly what the -b option is for
in make?  The man page does not explain it well at all.

Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.

Lois Gerber 
lois@hpfclj
UDL, Fort Collins