Module 15 · The Preprocessor, Headers and Multi File Builds

Multi File Builds: Compiling, Linking and a First Makefile

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Kenji's game keeps its scores in three files: main.c, list.c and the header list.h. After every edit he types the same long gcc line, and GCC compiles every file again.

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What is inside Multi File Builds: Compiling, Linking and a First Makefile

Kenji's program in three files
Two steps: compile each file, then link
What an object file holds
A file left out: undefined reference
A first Makefile
The timestamp experiment: what make rebuilds
CMake writes the Makefile for you
argc and argv: the words after the program's name