Re: [Dev-C++] Makefile whats it?

[Steve D. P. <ste...@ho...>]

    Makefiles are part of a standard system for building large applications,
applications is made up of numerous components and source files that must be
carefully tied-in together.  I don't mean to sound snotty, but if you've
never heard of it than you're probably not yet at a point where you would
have use for it.  When you find yourself building applications involving
multiple source files and it's a real pain to keep everything straight... do
a web search on "gnu make", and you should find all the resources you need
to explore and experiment with makefiles and the make system.

    Dev-C++ already has support for make... the "Generate Makefile" option
appears within the "Project" pull-down menu.






----- Original Message -----
From: Ramana Kumar
To: dev...@li...
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 3:05 AM
Subject: RE: [Dev-C++] Makefile whats it?


I don't know what a makefile is. What is it? And how can I use it to compile
only the files needed in my large project? Will dev-c++ be implementing this
automatically soon?
Thanks
Ramana

-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...]On Behalf Of Purohit
Prahlad J.
Sent: Sunday, 10 June 2001 2:36 PM
To: dev...@li...
Subject: [Dev-C++] Makefile whats it?

Hello Folks,
    I want to know what are make files and how to work with them when using
borland command line tools in DEV c++ there is nothing such.

   Any help is appreciated,

Prahlad