"****missing separator" and make command

[indarkness]

Hi, after so long without using make, I know have to use it again, and I'm having got trouble with it, specially with the parsing...
I have got two files in mi directory src:
helloworld.c
make

when I use the make command like this

make cc -f helloworld.c cc helloworld.o -o helloworld
I get the error

helloworld.c:1: *** missing separator. Stop.the content of helloworld.c is

/**
*Helloworld.c
*The most simplistic C program ever
**/
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("Hello this works\n\n");
return 0;
}and the make is

# build helloworld executable when user executes "make"

helloworld: helloworld.o
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) helloworld.o -o helloworld
helloworld.o: helloworld.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c helloworld.c
# remove object files and executable when user executes "make clean"
clean:
rm *.o helloworld I am using gedit to write the files, I have used the command od -t c make with my make file in order to see whether the \t are there or not, and they are, so I don't know the reason of the error... Could you help me?

THanks in advance,

[MG&TL]

You need to indent the commands from the targets with a tab. You can't type a tab on here, so I'll just leave it to your imagination:


clean:
rm *.o helloworld

Edit: just saw the bottom lines. Can you attach your files?

[indarkness]

You need to indent the commands from the targets with a tab. You can't type a tab on here, so I'll just leave it to your imagination:
Here , there are the files, I have attached the src folder with both files.

clean:
rm *.o helloworldEdit: just saw the bottom lines. Can you attach your files?

Thanks in advance!!

[MG&TL]

Erm. It runs fine here, all I have to do is run:


make...how are you running it?

Btw, make can work out how to create object files, so you can just have a Makefile like this:


helloworld: helloworld.o
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) helloworld.o -o helloworld

clean:
rm *.o helloworld

[dwhitney67]

Btw, make can work out how to create object files, so you can just have a Makefile like this:


And to further simplify matters, a Makefile is not necessary at all for trivial programs. All the OP has to enter from the command line is:


make helloworld

P.S. To further clarify, the OP should remove the Makefile (or rename it).

[MG&TL]

And to further simplify matters, a Makefile is not necessary at all for trivial programs. All the OP has to enter from the command line is:


make helloworld
P.S. To further clarify, the OP should remove the Makefile (or rename it).


Yes. Just the OP seemed to want a makefile. :D

[indarkness]

Erm. It runs fine here, all I have to do is run:


make...how are you running it?

Btw, make can work out how to create object files, so you can just have a Makefile like this:


helloworld: helloworld.o
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) helloworld.o -o helloworld

clean:
rm *.o helloworld


I' running it in the consolo with this command

make cc -c helloworld.c cc helloworld.o -o helloworld

[Tony Flury]

just type


make helloworld


as already suggested.

[indarkness]

And to further simplify matters, a Makefile is not necessary at all for trivial programs. All the OP has to enter from the command line is:


make helloworld

P.S. To further clarify, the OP should remove the Makefile (or rename it).

Yes I know that it's quite simple code and I don't need to create a make,but this is the pre-phase to create a make file for compiling C code in a router, so I was refreshing how to create the make files.

Thanks again, I'm going to run it again.

[indarkness]

just type


make helloworld


as already suggested.

From the directory in which I have my makefile, right??

[Tony Flury]

yes

[indarkness]

Thanks all for helping me, now it works, I've run both( I know only one is necessary but I've try both)


make helloworldand

makefrom the directory my makefile is in, and it works!!:P:P