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Simple C++ Makefile Example

Simple C++ Project Makefile Example

Simple C++ Makefile Example launched on January 26, 2018 with 7 votes, #1,179 of 3,021 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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What it does

This is a very simple C++ Makefile example and associated template, that can be used to get small to medium sized C++ projects up and running quickly and easily. The Makefile assumes source code for the project is broken up into two groups, headers (*.hpp) and implementation files (*.cpp) . The source code and directory layout for the project is comprised of three main directories (include, src and build) , under which other directories containing code would reside. The layout used in the example is as follows: ─┬ [ Project ] │ ├──● Makefile │ ├──┬ [ build ] │ │ │ ├─── [ objects ] │…from partow.net

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