Makefile Syntax

Makefile

# single line comment
# multi-line \
comment

# Always use tabspace as indentation. ahoy space infidels!

target: dependencies
	action

# eg

executable: main.o another.o
	g++ main.o another.o -o executable

main.o: main.cpp
	g++ -c main.cpp

another.o: another.cpp another.h
	g++ -c another.cpp

clean:
	rm *.o executable