Make File Tutorial

[Trollhorn]

Hi there!

I'm just starting programming in C++ and was looking for a good (if not the best!) tutorial on make... of course I had a look at Google but most of the tutorials only teach the bloody basics (which I mostly am aware of)...

Thanks in advance, Oliver

[jsmith]

Which make are you referring to? There's at least 5-6 different makes out there, and they
are all different enough to be incompatible.

[Trollhorn]

Uh, sry, meant the GNU make... there's some official documentation but faaar too long for my taste ;-)

[Duthomhas]

Makefiles actually are that simple. Really. They're pretty silly.

The best place to learn about advanced gmake stuff is in the GNU Make documentation.
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/

However, if you want to get into the really advanced stuff for hardcore configuration and compiling, google around "autoconf" and "automake".

Take a couple of AlkaSeltzer or Ibuprofin before reading. Good luck!

[z05DSL3A]

For anyone interested, the following is part of O'reilly's open book project.

Managing Projects with GNU Make, Third Edition
By Robert Mecklenburg
November 2004
Pages: 300
http://oreilly.com/catalog/make3/book/index.csp