|  7.2 Introduction to Primaries 
Each type of object that Automake understands has a special root
variable name associated with it.  This root is called a primary.
Many actual variable names put into `Makefile.am' are constructed
by adding various prefixes to a primary.
 
For instance, scripts--interpreted executable programs--are associated
with the SCRIPTSprimary.  Here is how you would list scripts to
be installed in the user's `bindir': 
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 bin_SCRIPTS = magic-script
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(Note that the mysterious `bin_' prefix will be discussed later.)
 
The contents of a primary-derived variable are treated as targets in the
resulting `Makefile'.  For instance, in our example above, we could
generate `magic-script' using sedby simply introducing it
as a target: 
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 bin_SCRIPTS = magic-script
magic-script: magic-script.in
	sed -e 's/whatever//' < $(srcdir)/magic-script.in > magic-script
	chmod +x magic-script
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