Makefile...?

sudzy

I need to create a makefile to submit for a competition in college, i got all the code written and the program works ok...
But i dunno how to create a makefile, I know what it is from looking it up on the web but dunno how to make one.

Im programming in C++, and tryed Dev C++ and Visual C++... Can you create the makefile from these programs?

Anima

If you dont have many files in the project or libraries/depenancies, they're really easy to make. Even then, its just takes a bit of time typing it out. Just follow a tutorial and adapt it for you're own program.

Red Alert

Visual-C++ doesn't need a Makefile per-se, since it handles dependency tracking internally AFAIK. There's plenty of examples of them on the net, but this should give you a rough idea. (I've done it for the GCC compiler):


program.exe: file1.obj file2.obj
gcc -o program.exe file1.obj file2.obj

%.obj: %.cpp
gcc -c $<.cpp

sudzy

ok, i still don't get it...
say i have a single source file, source.cpp, for example..

how what would a makefile look like for that?
and what are file1.obj, file2.obj?

Anima

Think this should cover it: http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/