Writing Makefiles in Linux

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 23:17 -0600, Christopher Lemire wrote:
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> I've been programming in C a lot lately in the Linux environment. I've
> got projects big now. I need to use and write Makefiles, but neither
> the famous K&R book or the one for my CS class cover them. Has
> anybody read a book that at mentions Makefiles for maybe a chapter he
> or she would suggest me reading? Not a 1k pg book on Makefiles please,
> just a good suggested to the point one. A chapter of Makefiles in a
> programming book is fine. Does anybody know?
> 
Google "how to write a makefile". You'll get a zillion hits, and the
first ten look pretty good. If you really want paper, print out one of
the PDF ones.

The GNU make manual is pretty good.

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
Make files are not rocket science, though they can have subtleties.
Unless you have very substantial builds, I think you'll get along fine
with the built-in rules.

Regards, K.

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