Using make

From: JS (d44sf_at_44ada.com)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:16:50 +0200

I have a c file called test.c

I have then made a Makefile that looks like this:

blop : test.c
        gcc -g -Wall test.c

When I type "make test" it compiles the test.c file and generates a test
executable file. But I thought make would only look for the target (blop),
and if no such target is found it would give an error.

Why does it compile test.c when I don't have a test target in my Makefile?

JS

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