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Gary Wessle wrote: > Hi > please point to a suitable place if this is not the place for this > post. > > I will be doing lost of practice programs in c++ and thought it would > be a good idea if I just copy and past this makefile in each directory > where a given practice project is. > > OBJS = hello.o > COMP = g++ > > #### linker section #### > proj: $(OBJS) > $(COMP) $(OBJS) -o proj > ######################## > > > #### compiler section #### > .SUFFIXES:.o .cpp .h > .h.o: > $(COMP) -c $< > ########################## > > > is this a good idea and is the file above universally correct? > instead of copying it, how can I just have it placed in a parent > directory and use if for all the practice directories? > > thanks _______________________________________________ help-gplusplus mailing list help-gplusplus@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gplusplus