Question

I can’t understand how I can produce a makefile for C code

I have the following .c file which normally I execute in the following manner:

gcc server.c -o server.out -lpthread

Once compiled, I run the .out file like this:

./server.out 4000

EDITED

I only need the make files to compile the program rather than running it too..

Answer 1

If naming your executable file server will do for you, then just

LDLIBS=-lpthread
all: server

in a file called Makefile will do. The you can just type

make

to build it.

Ortherwise your Makefile should contain:

server.out: server.c
        gcc server.c -o server.out -lpthread

Except that it is a tabulation, not spaces before the text “gcc”.