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Subject: make ; how to use it


Here are a few lines of make that should do what you wanted:
#####
.SUFFIXES: .C .o
COMPILE_CPLUS=CC +d -c

# Rule for building .o file from .C file
.C.o:
        $(COMPILE_CPLUS) $<
#####
Actually, I'm not sure how the COMPILE_CPLUS should be set, but it should
be something like this.  These lines will allow you to say 'make foo.o'
and it will compile foo.C into the foo.o.

						Tom Andrews
						thomaso@saber.com