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Title: Cook
Version: 2.20
Entered-date: 29AUG2002
Description: Cook is a tool for constructing files. It is given a
        set of files to create, and recipes of how to create
        them. In any non-trivial program there will be
        prerequisites to performing the actions necessary to
        creating any file, such as include files.  The cook
        program provides a mechanism to define these.

        When a program is being developed or maintained, the
        programmer will typically change one file of several
        which comprise the program.  Cook examines the last-
        modified times of the files to see when the prerequisites
        of a file have changed, implying that the file needs to
        be recreated as it is logically out of date.

        Cook also provides a facility for implicit recipes,
        allowing users to specify how to form a file with a given
        suffix from a file with a different suffix.  For example,
        to create filename.o from filename.c

        * Cook has a simple but powerful string-based description
          language with many built-in functions.  This allows
          sophisticated filename specification and manipulation
          without loss of readability or performance.

        * Cook is able to use fingerprints to supplement file
          modification times.  This allows build optimization
          without contorted rules.

        * Cook is able to build your project with multiple
          parallel threads, with support for rules which must be
          single threaded.  It is possible to distribute parallel
          builds over your LAN, allowing you to turn your network
          into a virtual parallel build engine.

        * Cook can be configured with an explicit list of primary
          source files.  This allow the dependency graph to be
          constructed faster by not going down dead ends, and
          also allows better error messages when the graph can't
          be constructed.  This requires an accurate source file
          manifest.

        Cook runs on almost any flavor of UNIX.  Self configuring
        using a GNU Autoconf generated configure script.  There
        are no modifications required to compile it for Linux.
Keywords: build, dependency maintenance, derivation, make,
        referential integrity
Author: millerp@canb.auug.org.au (Peter Miller)
        peterm@jna.com.au (Peter Miller)
Primary-site: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook/
        cook-2.20.README
        cook-2.20.lsm
        cook-2.20.spec
        cook-2.20.tar.gz
        cook-2.20.ug.ps.gz
        cook-2.20.rm.ps.gz
Secondary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/devel/make
        cook-2.20.README
        cook-2.20.lsm
        cook-2.20.spec
        cook-2.20.tar.gz
        cook-2.20.ug.ps.gz
        cook-2.20.rm.ps.gz
Copying-policy: GPL 2.0
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