Make

A tool used to assist in compiling and lining C code. makefiles are defined in:

• makefile
• Makefile
• GNUmakefile

Example

CC = gcc
 
CCFLAGS = -I$(GSL_INC) -O2
LDFLAGS = -L$(GSL_LIB)
 
all: hellow
 
hellow: hellow.c
	gcc -o hellow hellow.c
	
.PHONY: clean // not a file, but a command
clean:
	rm -f hellow
 
%.o: %.c sorts.h
	gcc -c $< -o $@
// wildcard .o, wildcard .c, $@ name of target, $<, name of first argument

Has commands:

• make all
• make hellow
• make clean

Concepts

• Make Variable
• Make Suffix Rules
• Make Target
• Make PHONY Target
• Make Dependency Graph