I've been looking around on the internet for the use of makefiles and the make command. I found some great tutorials regarding syntax and how to write a good makefile, and this is great. But I have one problem though:
None of these tutorials explained how to physicalle CREATE a Makefile. I mean; do I use a text editor and simply call the file "Makefile"? I tried that but he would always save it as "Makefile.txt", this won't work. Any help is appreciated.
Yes you can use a text editor. The makefile is usually named simply Makefile without a suffix. To execute the makefile you need to have a make tool, like GNU Make installed. Simply run make to run the default all target.
Great thanks! I do use windows. I know it's not optimal but I'm not much of a programmer at all. I just happen to follow a course out of interest, but I don't want to start using Unix just for a course.
I managed to cancel the suffix by saving it as Makefile. windows is indeed too helpfull and I couldn't find anywhere how to cancel it. I read your post right after this ... xD