OK, but I need a file called “make”, right?
And it needs stuff inside it.
This is one example I found:
all: output_file_name
output_file_name: main.o
gcc main.o -lbcm2835 -o output_file_name
main.o: main.c
gcc -c main.c
clean: rm -rf *o output_file_name
I presume this is like a batch file.
I am guessing it is a text file with the name make.
I guess the output_file_name would be replaced with my “hello” or some such
thing.
Perhaps the “-lbcm2835” is the source code file? -o is probably related to an
object file.
I know this is very elementary. I can write C with ease. Just getting over
this initial hump.
Like, where do you put the key in this car.
(there used to be a car that you turned the key on, then floored the
accelerator. The starter button was part of the gas pedal and would not engage
unless it was fully depressed. )
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 9:36 AM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Hello World
A make file is just a list of dependencies, and what to do if the dependency is
met. Sort of: "If hello.c is newer than hello, then compile it". It can be as
simple as that, but can get a whole lot more complicated if there are libraries
and such. However, in the simple case of your hello.c, I would put everything
in the same directory. As the project grows, you would move your source (*.c)
files into a "source" directory, and the binaries (*.bin) into a bin directory.
Then linking all the binaries would be dependent on the dates of those file. So
linking is dependent on the binaries, and the binaries are dependent on the
sources.
Make should be installed already.
bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 2/9/2018 6:51 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
I hate make files. I love IDEs.
Bought a raspberry PI and am playing with it a bit. So far I really like it.
Started to write a program using a Geaney editor. Nice editor. Hit the make
button and I discovered it is really just a shell, that you have to have a gcc
make somewhere.
So, not being a linux hack, what folder should may source and other project
files be in?
Should the make file be there with it?
Can someone please be kind enough to send me two things:
1. hello.c source
void main {
printf(“hello world”);
}
(I probably don’t need that as It is right there in this email. But I do need
to put it in the proper folder name and associate it with GCC presumably with
the make file.
2) A make file that will allow that program to compile.
Did I say I hate make files?
I have downloaded example make files. It appears I need to change some file
names in them to match the file name of my source. But I would like to make my
Geany program be able to cause the make file to be correct if I change the name
of the project. Perhaps that is not possible. One of my sons is trying to
encourage me to put windows on it and use visual C++. I don’t want to do that
because this is a simple bit banging project.
I don’t care where the object files go or what they are named.
If I want to include a .h file it will be in my source.
My handicap comes from TurboC coming on the scene when I first started doing a
bunch of c code writing. Before that it was asm
(before that it was fortran, pascal, basic)
