makefile q?

[bacpp]

hi,
can you pls tell me what $@ implies when you write
$g++ test.cpp -o $@
thanks

[kfmfe04]

$@ expands to the name of the target (the symbol right before the : on the line before this one)

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html

for more details

[bacpp]

thanks kfmfe04,
also thx for the link!