Published Dec 05, 2022
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$@ is the name of the target being generated, and $< the first prerequisite
(usually a source file). You can find a list of all these special variables in
the GNU Make manual.
For example, consider the following declaration:
all: library.cpp main.cpp
In this case:
$@ evaluates to all$< evaluates to library.cpp$^ evaluates to library.cpp main.cpp