Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 15:54:21 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Manni Heumann <manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Need a little help with make
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On 23 May 2002, Manni Heumann wrote:

> TARGET = rs.exe
> CC = gpp
> OBJECTS = main.o cstring.o config.o data.o
> 
> $(TARGET) : $(OBJECTS) Makefile
> 	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) -o $(TARGET)
> 
> %.o : %.cpp Makefile 
> 	$(CC) $< -c -o $@
> 
> What would I have to change to get those object files into their own 
> directory?

Two things come to mind:

  - add VPATH or vpath to tell Make to look into the special directory 
    for object files;

  - change the %.o: %.cpp rule to produce *.o files in the special 
    directory (tweak the "-o $@" part of the rule's command);