Question

I have a makefile which is just not working. Can you guys help me to find where the error is? Thanks!

CC = gcc
FILES = workfile.c insert.c
TARGETS = exe
CFLAGS = -o
DBUG =
RM = rm -f
OBJS = *.o

#Master Rule

all: $(TARGETS)

#Build

exe: workfile.o insert.o
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DBUG) workfile.o insert.o exe

#workfile

workfile.o: workfile.c
    $(CC) $(DBUG) -c *.c

insert.o: insert.c
    $(CC) $(DBUG) -c *.c

clean:  
    $(RM) $(TARGETS) $(OBJS)

The error is as follows

$make all
gcc  -c *.c
gcc -o  workfile.o insert.o exe
gcc: error: exe: No such file or directory
make: *** [exe] Error 1

I even tried changing the names of the targets. But did not help. Could not continue further.

Answer 1

I don’t think it is a good idea to put -o in CFLAGS, I would rather to remove -o from it.

CFLAGS = -o -> CFLAGS =

Now you can work on your exe, the output path should follow -o immediately.

exe: workfile.o insert.o
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DBUG) workfile.o insert.o exe

=>

exe: workfile.o insert.o
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DBUG) -o exe workfile.o insert.o

So the full makefile should look like:

CC = gcc
FILES = workfile.c insert.c
TARGETS = exe
CFLAGS =
DBUG =
RM = rm -f
OBJS = *.o

#Master Rule

all: $(TARGETS)

#Build

exe: workfile.o insert.o
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DBUG) -o exe workfile.o insert.o

#workfile

workfile.o: workfile.c
    $(CC) $(DBUG) -o workfile.o -c workfile.c

insert.o: insert.c
    $(CC) $(DBUG) -o insert.o -c insert.c

clean:  
    $(RM) $(TARGETS) $(OBJS)