## 20.5. Special Target Names

`.DEFAULT:` | Commands associated with this target are executed if `make` can't find any description file entries or suffix rules with which to build a requested target.
`.IGNORE:` | Ignore error codes. Same as the `-i` option.
`.PRECIOUS:` | Files you specify for this target are not removed when you send a signal (such as interrupt) that aborts `make`, or when a command line in your description file returns an error.
`.SILENT:` | Execute commands but do not echo them. Same as the `-s` option.
`.SUFFIXES:` | Suffixes associated with this target are meaningful in suffix rules. If no suffixes are listed, the existing list of suffix rules are effectively “turned off.”

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