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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:24:54 -0800
From: Rudy Gingles <spy AT oregoncoast DOT com>
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Subject: Re: no .EXE or .O files after a make
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Michael Samuel Tam wrote:

> Hi,
>         Thank you for your reply.  When I go to compile, I have a Makefile
> that I have creatd.  The contents are:
>
> -----
>
> CFLAGS  =       -g
> CC      =       gcc -c -Wall
>
> App: readFile.o
>         gcc -o App.exe readFile.o
>
> readFile.o: readFile.c
>         gcc -c -Wall -g readFile.c
>
> clean:
>         del core App a.out *.o
>
> -----
>
> The readFile.c just reads and displays the contents of a file.  It is a
> simple program I wanted to test.  I run this in a DOS prompt by going
> 'make'.  It goes through the compiling stages, but I cannot find the .EXE
> or .O files that is supposed to be created.  I do a 'Find; and
> readFile.EXE or readFile.O doesn't show up anywhere.

I haven't really worked with makefiles, but that could be it. Try compiling it
manually from the commandline:

gcc -g -Wall readfile.c -o readfile.o

That should directly produce readfile.exe. If so, your makefile is at fault.

Rudy

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