does a MAKEFILE need and extension
don
leave it as MakeFile, would it matter if I gave it a .txt file extension,
just so windows notepad would reconize it?
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>When writing a MakeFile for NMAKE should I give it an extension or just
>leave it as MakeFile, would it matter if I gave it a .txt file extension,
>just so windows notepad would reconize it?
>
NMAKE looks for just 'makefile' in the current directory, AFAIK. For
any other name, the -f or /f parameter is needed.
So, whichever floats your boat.
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Eric
Dont use notepad! it will add .txt to everything and then your makefile will
no longer be a makefile it will be a windows notepad text file.
Use no extension, just call it Makefile or in Winders call it MAKEFILE
with no Dot_extension, there's an awfull lot of info on makefiles on the web
option: call it whatever you like and use the -f parameter to make/nmake or
whatever you use. ie nmake -f BobsYourUncle.zzz
Eric
Tim Roberts
You can associate any extensions you want with Notepad. From a DOS shell,
if you type this:
assoc .txt
you'll see that the .txt extension is associated with the name "txtfile".
If you type this:
ftype txtfile
you'll see that this type brings up Notepad. So, if you type this:
assoc .mak=txtfile
it tells the system to bring up Notepad when you double-click a file with a
.mak extension.
However, as was previously pointed out, nmake by default looks for a file
called "makefile". If you use an extension, you'll have to specify the
filename when you call nmake.
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Jim Carlock
: When writing a MakeFile for NMAKE should I give it an extension
: or just leave it as MakeFile, would it matter if I gave it a .txt file
: extension, just so windows notepad would reconize it?
I think I've seen a .mak extension somewhere, but don't quote me
on that.
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don
cr88192
"Eric" <spam...@crayne.org> wrote in message
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where the hell do you get this claim?...
like everything else, it depends on what you do when saving, ...
damn near all other apps have this exact same issue.
you have to select 'all files' if using 'save as', it is as simple as that.
next are you going to claim that 3-letter extentions are hidden and
immutable, and as a result we should not use windows?... (denying the
existence of this simple little checkbox hidden in folder options?...)
for example, notepad is my primary editor of choice for damn near all things
coding (just as windows explorer, notepad, and a bash shell, are my
preferred IDE...).
I usually use wordpad for simple text/documentation writing as well.
.
cr88192
"don" <spam...@crayne.org> wrote in message
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> When writing a MakeFile for NMAKE should I give it an extension or just
> leave it as MakeFile, would it matter if I gave it a .txt file
> extension, just so windows notepad would reconize it?
>
>
usually, if I include an extension, its main purpose is to declare the
particular OS or toolchain for which this makefile is intended, ie:
..cyg=cygwin;
..mingw=mingw;
..lnx=linux;
....
now, as noted:
it is easy enough to associate tools, ie, notepad, with various extensions
(context menu->'open with' is another way).
however, as others have pointed out, the '-f' option is required in this
case.
.