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On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:36:42PM -0600, Eric F Crist wrote:
> Just wondering what the difference is between ; and &&?
>=20
> I use make depend; make; make install and others say they use:
>=20
> make depend && make && make install

In the second form, each command will only run if the previous one
succeeded, which is usually what you meant.

[Of course, if the Makefile has it's dependencies correct, then a simple
 "make install" will achieve the same thing.]

Ceri

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