vrm@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Vasile R. Montan) (08/31/89)
We are developing software which must run on several different platforms and are looking for ways to keep the files organized and up to date. I figure that other people have already solved this problem, so instead of spending too much time reinventing the wheel, I thought I would find out what other people are doing. In particular, I am looking for a makefile which will recognize the type of machine you are compiling on and use the appropriate object code to create the executable. The directory structure that we are using is as follows: develop | ---------------------------------------------- | | | | | | doc inc lib src demo bin | ----------------------- | | | | | dec hp sgi sun3 sun4 One copy of the source code for a particular project will be kept in the src directory. The source code for the driver will be kept in the demo directory. The makefile in each of these directories should automatically identify the type of machine that you are compiling on, use the object code from the appropriate directory, and create the executable in the appropriate directory. For example: if you are compiling on a digital machine, then you would simply have to type ``make'' in the src directory. The makefile will compare all of the .c files in the src directory with the corresponding .o files in the bin/dec directory to determine what to make. It will then create the executable in the bin/dec directory. You could then type ``make run'' and the makefile will determine which executable to run. Thanks for any help in advance. -- Vasile Montan, Software Engineer -- Bell Atlantic Knowledge Systems, Inc. -- Contracted to: Concurrent Engineering Research Center -- vrm@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu