On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Aug 1999, Colomb wrote:
> 
> > I used to use
> > makefile on a Unix box a school, but for the life of me I can't remember
> > how to write the nakefile and the man pages only refer to a Tutorial for
> > that.
> 
> A really simple one would be:
> 
> 
> test:  test.c
> 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $< 

> I'd recommend reading the O'Reilly book "Managing Projects with Make" or
> go to the gnu web page, www.gnu.org, and find the manual for gmake.

The O'Reilly book is good, but for 4.4BSD, you can do something simpler:

PROG=	test
SRC=	test.cc		(it was a c++ program to start)
NOMAN=	1		(no manpage)
.include <bsd.prog.mk>

To add a second c file, best.cc,

SRC=	test.cc best.cc

Want to throw in a lex file or a yacc file?

SRC=	test.cc best.cc lex.l yacc.y

make clean will do the right thing and clean all the generated files up.

Add a man page?

MAN=	test.1

Take care,

Bill