A general makefile for general-purpose C projects.

General Makefile

CC=gcc
CCFLAGS=-Wall
LDFLAGS=
SOURCES=$(wildcard *.c)
OBJECTS=$(SOURCES:.c=.o)
TARGET=des

all: $(TARGET)

$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
        $(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) 

%.o: %.c %.h
        $(CC) $(CCFLAGS) -c $<

%.o: %.c
        $(CC) $(CCFLAGS) -c $<

clean:
        rm -f *.o $(TARGET)

@MMBC-Chris if there error is the same as below:
Makefile:11: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?). Stop.
replace the spaces with a tab character

Cool, thanks!

CC=gcc
CCFLAGS=-Wall
LDFLAGS=
SOURCES=$(wildcard *.c)
OBJECTS=$(SOURCES:.c=.o)
TARGET=des

all: $(TARGET)

$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS)
$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)

%.o: %.c %.h
$(CC) $(CCFLAGS) -c $<

%.o: %.c
$(CC) $(CCFLAGS) -c $<

clean:
rm -f *.o $(TARGET)