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+.PHONY: all tests examples clean
+
+all: tests examples
+
+tests:
+	$(MAKE) -C idl/test_api
+	$(MAKE) -C lm-c99/tests/test_enum_doc
+
+examples:
+	$(MAKE) -C examples/example1
+
+clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C idl/test_api clean
+	$(MAKE) -C lm-c99/tests/test_enum_doc clean
+	$(MAKE) -C examples/example1 clean