makefile-example

Reusable example Makefile for C/C++ projects

This is an example project that demonstrates a simple C++ project structure with some modules written in C using a Makefile.

Directory Structure

• src: Contains the .cpp and .c source files.
• include: Contains the .hpp and .h header files.
• bin: The output directory for the compiled binary.
• build: The directory for object files.

makefile-example/
+-- src/
¦   +-- main.cpp
¦   +-- utils/
¦   ¦   +-- utils.c
¦   +-- helper.cpp
+-- include/
¦   +-- utils/
¦   ¦   +-- utils.h
¦   +-- helper.hpp
+-- bin/
+-- build/
+-- Makefile

Usage

1. Ensure you have gcc and g++ installed.
2. Run make to build the project.
3. The executable will be created in the bin/ directory.
4. Run make run to run the executable.
5. Run make clean to remove the built files.

$ git clone https://github.com/diffstorm/makefile-example.git
$ cd makefile-example

$ make -j4
mkdir -p build/utils/
mkdir -p build/
mkdir -p build/
gcc -Iinclude -O1 -Wall -c src/utils/utils.c -o build/utils/utils.o
g++ -Iinclude -O1 -Wall -c src/helper.cpp -o build/helper.o
g++ -Iinclude -O1 -Wall -c src/main.cpp -o build/main.o
g++ -Iinclude -O1 -Wall -o bin/project build/utils/utils.o build/helper.o build/main.o -lm

$ make run
Hello from C++ code!
This is a helper function from C++ code.
This is a utility function from C code.

$ make clean
rm -f -r build bin/project