Makefile

Make has many more applications than just .exe program building from source files. Some of these applications include:

• To transform dependency files to target results via multiple arbitrary commands
• To detect changes made to an image file
• To convert between different file formats via an automatic system that copies the final file to different emails targeting multiple users through a custom content management system.

This system's advantages include that it works on building up a file dependency list, which allows it to be used in a general manner for many file conversion applications. Make’s disadvantages include the fact that if a certain dependency is forgotten, it will not be discovered immediately, but will appear later. Make allows more potential for human error.