generate Makefile template using python

genmakefile.py

import sys, string

template = """
CC = gcc
CXX = g++
AR = ar

DEFINES +=
CFLAGS = $(DEFINES) -c -O2 -Wall
INCLUDES +=
LIBS +=
${kind}

.PHONY: clean test

TARGETDIR = bin
OBJDIR = obj
${target}

all: $(TARGETDIR) $(OBJDIR) $(TARGET)
	@:

clean:
	rm -f $(TARGET)
	rm -rf $(OBJDIR)

test:

$(TARGETDIR):
	mkdir $(subst /,\\\\,$(TARGETDIR))

$(OBJDIR):
	mkdir $(subst /,\\\\,$(OBJDIR))

OBJECTS := \\
	$(OBJDIR)/${name}.o \\

$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
	$(LINKCMD)

$(OBJDIR)/${name}.o: ${name}.c
	$(CC) -o "$@" $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) "$<"
"""

kind_table = {
	'con' : 'LDFLAGS +=\nLINKCMD = $(CC) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)',
	'dll' : 'LDFLAGS += -shared\nLINKCMD = $(CC) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)',
	'lib' : 'LINKCMD = $(AR) -rcs $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS)',
}

target_fmt = 'TARGET = $(TARGETDIR)/%s%s.%s'

def main():
	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
		sys.stderr.write("\nuseage:\n\tpython " + sys.argv[0] + " name language(c or c++) kind(con dll lib) >Makefile\n")
		return 1

	content = {}
	name = sys.argv[1]
	if len(sys.argv) <= 2:
		cc = 'c++'
	else:
		cc = sys.argv[2].lower()

	if len(sys.argv) <= 3:
		kind = 'con'
	else:
		kind = sys.argv[3].lower()

	content['name'] = name
	content['kind'] = kind_table[kind]
	if kind == 'con':
		content['target'] = target_fmt % ('', name, 'exe')
	elif kind == 'dll':
		content['target'] = target_fmt % ('', name, 'dll')
	elif kind == 'lib':
		content['target'] = target_fmt % ('lib', name, 'a')

	result = string.Template(template).safe_substitute(content)
	if cc == 'c++':
		result = result.replace('$(CC)', '$(CXX)')
		result = result.replace('.c', '.cpp')
	print(result)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()