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Nmake it's the maintenance utility that automates the process of updating the project files of your programs. Can execute a series of commands to bring the target files up-to-date. You can make backups, configure data files and run programs when the data files are modified. Only it's included with the QuickBasic Extended. There are 57 objects.

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Generating Browser Information with an External Makefile (102326)
Inference Rule May Fail When Spaces on Blank Command Line (50383)
Updating Backup Files with NMAKE & ALL Target-Dependency (76739)
FIX: U1001 w/ Corrupted MAKEDIR Macro in Real Mode NMAKE 1.11 (61978)
PRB: Error U1082 When Command Line Too Long in Makefile (49757)
PRB: NMAKE Invokes MASM Instead of the C Compiler (60746)
FIX: Using "!" & "$?" Do Not Work as Expected w/ NMAKE 1.11 (61808)
BUG: Preprocessor Program Invocation Gets Wrong Return Value NMK (73685)
Maintaining a Library with NMAKE (71422)
Error U1073 When "." Used for Path in Inference Rule (51723)
Macros Do Not Become Part of the Environment (75327)
FIX: Last Letter of NMAKE Command-Line Macro Incremented (79824)
Specifying a Path in an NMAKE Inference Rule (44131)
FIX: NMAKE Filename-Parts Syntax Does Not Expand Macros (68379)
Microsoft Language Utility Version History (93400)
PRB: NMAKE Runs But Does Not Produce OBJ and EXE Files (49502)
PRB: NMAKE Does Not Parse Escape Character Correctly (74706)
Example Demonstrates Using Paths in NMAKE (60340)
Looking for Files in Different Directories (60867)
Trouble with Filenames With a Dollar Sign ($) in Inline Files (59409)
BUG: Exported Make Files with Browse Info Are Rebuilt Twice (168381)
Creating Inference Rules for Nonstandard File Extensions (81454)
BUG: NMAKE TOOLS.INI Commands Ignore Environment Variables (86814)
Invoking NMAKE with /A Still Evaluates First Target Only (73690)
PRB: "!" Modifier Fails in a Macro Substitution (94295)
FIX: NMAKE 1.13 May Return U1002: Invalid Macro Invocation '$' (75079)
PRB: U4007 Error Can Be Caused By Missing Quotation Marks (66646)
BUG: Running a Program in NMAKE Fails During Preprocessing (116420)
BUG: NMAKE May Incorrectly Think Targets are up to Date (111769)
Using the Backslash ("\") Character in NMAKE (43064)
BUG: NMAKE /D /C Switches Suppress Modification Date (59384)
FIX: Implied INCLUDE Macro Does Not Force Expansion (87515)
PRB: Cause of U4004 Error Message (66649)
FIX: Bad Macro Substitution, In-line File in Inference Rule (66459)
FIX: Return Value Not Ignored with NMAKE's Dash (-) Command (122220)
Accessing Environment Variables In a Makefile (59141)
BUG: Inference Rules Not Invoked on Multiple Targets (75206)
Placing Dependent & Target Files in Different Directories (46354)
BUG: NMAKE Fails If File Names Contain Special Characters (148627)
PRB: Spaces in Inference Rules Corrupt NMAKE Macro Expansion (65084)
MPC MP1010 or MP4002 Error, No P-Code in Application (84786)
PRB: Commands Fail in Makefile if Directory Over 66 Characters (154059)
BUG: NMAKE /V Option Does Not Work in Versions 1.2 and Later (104648)
BUG: NMAKE Gives Incorrect Line Number for Include File Error (116439)
NMAKE Builds Only the First Target in Makefile (40184)
Multiple Dependency Blocks Are Not Cumulative (59526)
FIX: LNK1170 Building Project's Makefile from Command Line (156190)
Macro Cannot Substitute String in Another Macro (71286)
DOCERR: NMAKE Predefined Macro $(@D) Has Same Value As $@ (64032)
Specifying the Order in Which NMAKE Builds Files (59420)
NMAKE Macros Cannot Expand to Multiple Command Lines (70146)
PATH Command Has No Effect in NMAKE (76298)
NMAKE Always Evaluates Expressions in Square Brackets "[]" (63146)
FIX: NMAKE File Hangs Machine When Right Parenthesis Missing (59069)
PRB: U1033 from Space After NMAKE Line Continuation Character (72699)
BUG: NMAKE Utility May Compile Project Files More Than Once (150130)
FIX: Macros w/ Different Case Can't Be Assigned to Each Other (86813)