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For large systems, it is often desirable to put sources in a separate
directory from the binaries. The directory search features of
make facilitate this by searching several directories
automatically to find a prerequisite. When you redistribute the files
among directories, you do not need to change the individual rules,
just the search paths.
| • General Search: | Specifying a search path that applies to every prerequisite. | |
| • Selective Search: | Specifying a search path for a specified class of names. | |
| • Search Algorithm: | When and how search paths are applied. | |
| • Recipes/Search: | How to write recipes that work together with search paths. | |
| • Implicit/Search: | How search paths affect implicit rules. | |
| • Libraries/Search: | Directory search for link libraries. |