Makefile

This is a makefile template

About

Makefile is used for automating and compiling c or c++ projects, it is very similar to shell script!

They are usually in the form of

# variables
CC=gcc 
CFLAGS=-lstdc++ -o main

# main
main: main.cpp # library.o
	$(CC) main.cpp $(CFLAGS)

# dependencies
# library.o:
# 	ls

clean:
	rm -r *.o *.exe main

The main structures of a basic statement is the following

NAME: DEPENDENCY1 DEPENDENCY2 DEPENDENCY3 ...
	COMMAND

Usage

To use a makefile, use make followed by the command ie make clean will activate clean and make main will run the main in the makefile

Notes

Makefiles can either be makefile or Makefile.