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+ERLC=`which erlc`
+BEAMDIR=./ebin
+ERLCFLAGS=+debug_info -pa $(BEAMDIR)
+SRCDIR=src
+
+.PHONY=all clean
+
+all:
+	@echo "Erlware Commons is maintained with Sinan, its much better to use "
+	@echo "sinan to build than this makefile. This is here just to get "
+	@echo "get you started."
+	$(ERLC) $(ERLCFLAGS) -o $(BEAMDIR) $(SRCDIR)/ec_dictionary.erl;
+	$(ERLC) $(ERLCFLAGS) -o $(BEAMDIR) $(SRCDIR)/*.erl ;
+
+clean:
+	rm $(BEAMDIR)/*.beam
+	rm -rf erl_crush.dump
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