what is the problem about my makefile

[dolphin]

Hi! I am learing makefile recently.Now I have a problem.
I write a very simple program just like "hello world"
I write two makefile for it.One is included in another.
the first is makefile
include mainmake.mk
example:main.o
cc -o example main.o
clean:
rm -f *.o

this is the second makefile named mainmake.mk which is included in
makefile.
main.o:main.c head.h
cc -c -g main.c

when I type make command in shell.Only main.o file is created.The file
main did not be created.What is the problem?I am in redhat 9.0

 

[Peter Nilsson]

Hi! I am learing makefile recently.Now I have a problem.
I write a very simple program just like "hello world"
I write two makefile for it.

The program we can help you with. The makefile aspect is
off topic.

 

[R Smith]

Hi! I am learing makefile recently.Now I have a problem.
I write a very simple program just like "hello world"
I write two makefile for it.One is included in another.
the first is makefile
include mainmake.mk
example:main.o
cc -o example main.o
clean:
rm -f *.o

this is the second makefile named mainmake.mk which is included in
makefile.
main.o:main.c head.h
cc -c -g main.c

when I type make command in shell.Only main.o file is created.The file
main did not be created.What is the problem?I am in redhat 9.0

Off topic, off schmopic, who cares? You need help.

Try this:

cc -o example main.c

You can't compile a .o file. You can say I want to compile a .c program
and call it this (-o).

 

[CBFalconer]

Hi! I am learing makefile recently.Now I have a problem.
I write a very simple program just like "hello world"
I write two makefile for it.One is included in another.
the first is makefile

include mainmake.mk
example:main.o
cc -o example main.o
clean:
rm -f *.o

this is the second makefile named mainmake.mk which is included in
makefile.
main.o:main.c head.h
cc -c -g main.c

when I type make command in shell.Only main.o file is created.The file
main did not be created.What is the problem?I am in redhat 9.0

That creates main.o, which will be the relocatable object version
of your c file. To create the runnable final file you need to
execute:

cc -o main main.o

which you express (in the make file) as:

main : main.o #the dependency
cc -o main main.o #the command to execute

Note that the commands have a leading tab char.

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[Bill Pursell]

I write a very simple program just like "hello world"
I write two makefile for it.One is included in another.
the first is makefile
include mainmake.mk
example:main.o
cc -o example main.o

This is off-topic here, but if you
insert your included makefile by hand,
you'll see that invoking make with no
arguments is equivalent to invoking:
"make main.o" since main.o is the
first target. Try moving the include
line below the example target.

 

[Chris Torek]

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Hi! I am learing makefile recently. ... [makefile snipped]
when I type make command in shell. Only main.o file is created. The file
main did not be created. What is the problem? I am in redhat 9.0

You want comp.unix.programmer, or a linux-specific newsgroup (although
the former will suffice here).

Off topic, off schmopic, who cares? You need help.

Well, "dolphin" may care, since you have given him an incorrect
answer.

Try this:

cc -o example main.c

Although that can be made to work, it is not what he should be
doing in this case.

You can't compile a .o file.

Depending on the system, you *can*, depending on just what one
means by "compile" ... and RedHat Linux is one of those where you
can, and he has done the right things to make the given .o file
"compile-able".

For more information, try comp.unix.programmer.

 

[Kenny McCormack]

You can't compile a .o file.

Depending on the system, you *can*, depending on just what one
means by "compile" ... and RedHat Linux is one of those where you
can, and he has done the right things to make the given .o file
"compile-able".[/QUOTE]

I think the statement "You can't compile a .o file." is technically
true, but moot. It is much akin to the statement that you can't bake a
cake. This last is true, since at the point in time when it is baking,
it is not a cake, but merely a bunch of ingredients mixed together in a
pan. Only when the baking is finished, is it a cake.

But I think most of us would agree that both statements are pretty silly
(though I daresy they might well appeal to the idiots^Wpedants in this ng)