Simple question: What does 'make [1], make[2]...make[n]' mean?

site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Regards, Ric. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... Greetings: I'm running a generic make via 'Makefile' of some open unix-application source code. I notice the following: ... make[5]: Nothing to be done for `all'. Making all in developers ... ... Since I got idle time on my hands as I watch the 'make' do its thing, I wonder what the [n] represents. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com