Programming tools / Compiling source files |
Most UNIX™ platforms provide the make utility program to compile projects. The make program is an interpreter of makefiles. These files contain directives to compile and link programs and/or generate other kind of files.
When developing on Microsoft™ Windows™ platforms, you may use the NMAKE utility provided with Visual C++, however this tool does not have the same behavior as the UNIX make program. To have a compatible make on Windows, you can install a GNU make or third party UNIX tools such as Cygwin.
For more details about the make utility, see the platform-specific documentation.
The follow example shows a typical makefile for Genero applications:
#------------------------------------------------------ # Generic makefile rules to be included in Makefiles .SUFFIXES: .42s .42f .42m .42r .str .per .4gl .msg .hlp FGLFORM=fglform -M FGLCOMP=fglcomp -M FGLLINK=fglrun -l FGLMKMSG=fglmkmsg FGLMKSTR=fglmkstr FGLLIB=$$FGLDIR/lib/libfgl4js.42x all:: .msg.hlp: $(FGLMKMSG) $*.msg $*.hlp .str.42s: $(FGLMKSTR) $*.str $*.42s .per.42f: $(FGLFORM) $*.per .4gl.42m: $(FGLCOMP) $*.4gl clean:: rm -f *.hlp *.42? *.out #----------------------------- # Makefile example include Makeincl FORMS=\ customers.42f\ orderlist.42f\ itemlist.42f MODULES=\ customerInput.42m\ zoomOrders.42m\ zoomItems.42m customer.42x: $(MODULES) $(FGLLINK) -o customer.42x $(MODULES) all:: customer.42x $(FORMS)