Hi Paul,
Is CPP short for C Pre Processor? regards, George --- "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > %% Lin George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > lg> Thank you Greg! > lg> A great answer! > > >> If you only want to preprocess a file, you > could use > >> CPP = gcc > >> $(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) -E source.o -o source.i > > I don't recommend this, actually: to be more correct > you should use: > > CPP = gcc -E > > Then something like: > > COMPILE.i = $(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ > > %.i : %.c > $(COMPILE.i) $< > %.i : %.cc > $(COMPILE.i) $< > > The -E flag is what tells "gcc" to stop after the > preprocessing stage, > and so it more correctly belongs directly in the CPP > macro. If you were > using a different preprocessor, like "cpp" directly, > you would want to > replace the entire thing and not have the extra "-E" > lying around. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some > GNU make tips at: > http://www.gnu.org > http://make.paulandlesley.org > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a > professional." --Mad Scientist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
