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Terminology

  • Cookbook: The configuration file (or collection of files) that defines how yam operates in a specific directory.
  • Target: A target is the file that needs to be created, or the task that should be done. The first type of targets is called a file target, and the second type, a phony target. A file target, is a file in the UNIX sense of what a file is.
  • Recipe: A recipe is what tells yam how to build a target, or do the task specified by the target.
  • Requirements: The targets that should be built before the target is actually built.