diff --git a/config/RULES.Unix b/config/RULES.Unix
index d67c13e6e..c683a23fe 100644
--- a/config/RULES.Unix
+++ b/config/RULES.Unix
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ all:: install
 
 pre_build::
 
+rebuild:: clean install
+
 build:: pre_build $(LIBNAME) $(TARGETS) $(PROD)
 
 inc:: $(INSTALL_INC)
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ $(INSTALL_TEMPLATES)/$(TEMPLATES_DIR)/%: %
 
 .PRECIOUS: %.o %.c
 
-.PHONY: all inc depends build install pre-build clean
+.PHONY: all inc depends build install pre-build clean rebuild
 
 -include .DEPENDS
 
diff --git a/config/RULES.Vx b/config/RULES.Vx
index 5f17fabee..9d9bc3664 100644
--- a/config/RULES.Vx
+++ b/config/RULES.Vx
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ INSTALL_DBDNAME=$(DBDNAME:%=$(INSTALL_DBD)/%)
 
 all:: install
 
+rebuild:: clean install
+
 pre_build:: 
 
 build:: pre_build $(MENUS) $(RECTYPES) $(BPTS)\
@@ -90,20 +92,20 @@ clean::
 	$(YACC) $(YACCOPT) $<
 	@if [ -f y.tab.c ]; \
 		then \
-			echo "/bin/mv y.tab.c $*.c"; \
-			/bin/mv y.tab.c $*.c; \
+			echo "$(MV) y.tab.c $*.c"; \
+			$(MV) y.tab.c $*.c; \
 	fi
 	@if [ -f y.tab.h ]; \
 		then \
-			echo "/bin/mv y.tab.h $*.h"; \
-			/bin/mv y.tab.h $*.h; \
+			echo "$(MV) y.tab.h $*.h"; \
+			$(MV) y.tab.h $*.h; \
 	fi
 
 %.c: ../%.l
 	$(RM) lex.yy.c
 	$(LEX) $(LEXOPT) $<
 	$(RM) $@
-	/bin/mv lex.yy.c $@
+	$(MV) lex.yy.c $@
 
 #state notation language rules
 %.c: ../%.st
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ $(INSTALL_DOC)/%: ../%
 
 .PRECIOUS: %.o %.c
 
-.PHONY: all inc depends build install pre-build clean
+.PHONY: all inc depends build install pre-build clean rebuild
 
 -include .DEPENDS
 
diff --git a/config/RULES_ARCHS b/config/RULES_ARCHS
index 325bc53c8..348f787e8 100644
--- a/config/RULES_ARCHS
+++ b/config/RULES_ARCHS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ACTIONS += inc
 ACTIONS += build
 ACTIONS += install
 ACTIONS += depends 
+ACTIONS += rebuild 
 
 actionPart = $(word 1, $(subst $(DIVIDER), ,$@))
 archPart = $(word 2, $(subst $(DIVIDER), ,$@))
diff --git a/config/RULES_DIRS b/config/RULES_DIRS
index 5db4f8d6f..7490b90cc 100644
--- a/config/RULES_DIRS
+++ b/config/RULES_DIRS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ actionArchTargets = $(foreach action, $(ACTIONS),\
 
 all:: inc install
 
-rebuild:: clean uninstall all
+rebuild:: clean all
  
 $(DIRS) $(dirActionTargets) $(dirArchTargets)$(dirActionArchTargets) ::
 	$(MAKE) -C $(dirPart) $(actionArchPart)