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[Paul D. Smith]

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  rs> Hello Sir,
  rs> Sorry for taking yr valuable time.

  rs> pls tell me whether this "make" whose version is 3.79.1 is actualy
  rs> "gmake" or gmake is different utilty.Because its name is "make"
  rs> instead of "gmake" so pls clarify this

By default when you install GNU make it will install as
/usr/local/bin/make.

However, most UNIX systems come with their own version of make, and many
people don't want to "hide" the system version.  So, they have GNU make
installed as "gmake" or "gnumake" instead, that way they can run "make"
when they want the system version of make, and "gmake" or "gnumake" when
they want the GNU version of make.

It's the same program; the name you use for the executable is of
absolutely no importance whatever.  You could call it "fooblatz" and it
would still work the same way.

Use the --version option and if it prints a version string containing
the GNU information, it's GNU make regardless of the name.

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