[Tugindia] Makefile

[Amitava Das Gupta]

Hello,

I am new to LaTeX, using it on Windows98SE. In various sub-folders under the
\texmf\source, I see files named "Makefile.am" or "Makefile.in". What are
these files, and how can they be used.

Thanks,

Amitava Das Gupta
amitav at vsnl.net