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Executable Scripts
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   It is possible to define and install programs which are scripts.
Such programs are listed using the `SCRIPTS' primary name.  Automake
doesn't define any dependencies for scripts; the `Makefile.am' should
include the appropriate rules.

   Automake does not assume that scripts are derived objects; such
objects must be deleted by hand (Note: Clean).

   The `automake' program itself is a Perl script that is generated at
configure time from `automake.in'.  Here is how this is handled:

     bin_SCRIPTS = automake

   Since `automake' appears in the `AC_OUTPUT' macro, a target for it
is automatically generated.

   Script objects can be installed in `bindir', `sbindir',
`libexecdir', or `pkgdatadir'.