GNU `make'

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### Arguments to Specify the Makefile

The way to specify the name of the makefile is with the `-f` or `--file` option (`--makefile` also works). For example, `-f altmake` says to use the file `altmake` as the makefile.

If you use the `-f` flag several times and follow each `-f` with an argument, all the specified files are used jointly as makefiles.

If you do not use the `-f` or `--file` flag, the default is to try `GNUmakefile`, `makefile`, and `Makefile`, in that order, and use the first of these three which exists or can be made (see Writing Makefiles).