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| From | Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: How to compile several C files |
| Date | 2017-02-07 16:40 +0000 |
| Organization | Fix this later |
| Message-ID | <o7ct7f$7fk$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 07/02/17 16:19, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
>
>> On 07/02/17 15:06, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>>> Once I have two files, I write a makefile.
>>
>> I'm slightly lazier than that. Once I have /one/ file, I write a
>> makefile.
>
> At a pinch, you can be even lazier when there is only one file because
> you might be able to get away with no makefile at all because, in an
> otherwise empty directory, "make x" will compile and link x.c (if it
> exists).
True, but makegen puts in all my favourite flags, so it does save me
some typing (and some remembering).
<snip>
> know about "gcc -MM *.c". This will write out the dependencies between
> files.
Thank you - I was unaware of that.
> To finish off a simple (GNU) makefile it helps to know one magic rule:
>
> program: one.o two.o other.o
> gcc -o $@ $^
>
> where $@ means the target ("program") and $^ means the dependencies
> ("one.o two.o three.o"). You can write it out of course, but knowing $@
> and $^ makes it the same rule every time.
Yep. I used to use that rule, but I could never remember it. I had to
keep looking it up, and in the end I chucked it in as a bad job. People
have curious blind spots, do they not?
--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
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