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From: David E. O'Brien <obrien@relay.nuxi.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help with utility identification..
Date: 31 Jan 1997 12:49:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, Davis
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ishwar rattan <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> wrote:
: How do I fugure out if /usr/bin/make is gnu-make?
: Is there a way to figure these things out? I am running

Virtually all GNU programs accpept the "--help" and "--version" options.
So try these and the out put should tell all.

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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)