July 26, 2021
Simple makefile
make is a utility, that requires a Makefile or makefile which defines a set of tasks to be executed.
make is most commonly used to compile a program from source code. Many opensource projects use make to compilei C/C++ files into a final executable binary that can be installed with make install.
Primary goal of Makefiles is to compile files, based on what files have changed.
Simplest example
blah: requires1.o
echo "Runs third"
requires1.o: requires2.c
echo "Runs second"
requires2.c:
echo "This runs first"
.PHONY start
start:
source venv/bin/activate && python3 start.py
What is PHONY
Adding .PHONY to a target will prevent make from confusing the phony target with a file name.
Syntax
target: pre-requisites
<TAB> receipe