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	Here are some information and tutorials on the '''make''' tool.		Here are some information and tutorials on the '''make''' tool.

	* [http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/Make/ Make - a tutorial by Ben Yoshino (ben@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu)]		* [http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/Make/ Make - a tutorial by Ben Yoshino (ben AT wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu)]
	* [http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/ Makefile Tutorial by Hector Urtubia]		* [http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/ Makefile Tutorial by Hector Urtubia]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software) Wikipedia information on Make]		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software) Wikipedia information on Make]

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== Makefiles on Windows ==

=== Makefiles in general ===

Here are some information and tutorials on the '''make''' tool.

* [http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/Make/ Make - a tutorial by Ben Yoshino (ben@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu)]
* [http://mrbook.org/tutorials/make/ Makefile Tutorial by Hector Urtubia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software) Wikipedia information on Make]

=== How to use NMAKE ===

I finally figured out how to use Visual Studio makefiles and thought people might find this useful.

* To invoke Windows Visual Studio command line make tool:

<pre>
nmake
</pre>

This assumes a file called '''Makefile''' already exists. If you're using another file, use:

<pre>
nmake -f myMakefile
</pre>

* Sample Makefile. To compile arraylist lab code:

<html>
<body>



 
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td style="width: 618px">

# NOTE: Lines starting with a hash (#) is a comment line. 
 

all: main.exe 
 
main.exe: main.c arraylist.obj 
        cl main.c arraylist.obj 
 
# Generate arraylist object file. The
"/c" option is the equivalent of the "-c" option in GCC. 
arraylist.obj: arraylist.c arraylist.h 
        cl /c arraylist.c 
 
clean: 
        del arraylist.obj main.obj main.exe</td>
</tr>
</table>


</body>
</html>

=== cl.exe options ===

*'''/Fo<path>''' : Output the .obj file to a specified location. Similar to the '''-o''' option in GCC.
** e.g. '''cl main.c /Fo../main.obj''' to output the object file into main.c's parent folder.
*'''/Fe<path>''' : Output the .exe file to a specified location. Used in the same way as above and similar to the '''-o''' option in GCC.
*'''/c''' : Compile only, no linking. Similar to the '''-c''' option in GCC.
** e.g. '''cl /c arraylist.c /Fo../arraylist.obj''' to create an object file from the arraylist code and ouput it to the parent folder.

Type '''cl /help''' in the Visual Studio Command Prompt for more information.

=== nmake.exe options ===

*'''-f''' : Use when the filename of your makefile is not the default name "Makefile".
** e.g. '''nmake -f MyMakefile''' to compile your project.
* To clean up the output files use:
** '''nmake -f MyMakefile clean''' or '''nmake clean''' if your makefile is the default filename.

Type '''nmake /help''' in the Visual Studio Command Prompt for more information.

=== Reference ===

*'''nmake''' is the Visual Studio command line equivalent of '''make'''.
*'''cl''' is the Visual Studio command line equivalent of '''gcc'''.

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