How to make a Makefile file out of a VC project?

MasterGod · Post by **MasterGod** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:04 am

I want to port my project to Linux so I need a Makefile file.
How can I make a Makefile file out of my VC project if it is even possible. Basically I want to keep the folder structure I have with VC so how can I do that?

Thanks.

JP · Post by JP » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:57 am

Google how to write makefiles

I don't know if VC has any feature to actually make the makefile for you, probably not. But i think devc++ does makefiles for you automatically.. maybe, might be thinking of something else.

rogerborg · Post by **rogerborg** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:10 am

Google reveals the usual collection of filthy hippies sneering that anyone with a modicum of XML and Perl/Python/Ruby/MyScriptIsLeeterThanYourScript could do it in 5 minutes, but curiously, none of them seem to get around to actually doing so.

This is the closest thing to an actual solution that I can find , and of course it's in written in C#, not one of the Hippy Languages.

Alternatively, you could learn XML and Perl/Python/Ruby/MyScriptIsLeeterThanYourScript and do it yourself in 5 minutes.

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:18 pm

Since you cannot reuse the compiler flags and linker options it basically boils down to adding the required source files into your Makefile. I'd suggest to take one of the example makefiles and exchange the filenames/adapt the paths. You can take example1, where the Makefile is already quite adaptable, or take the demo Makefile, which contains the code to compile all cpp files separately (and only when necessary).

MasterGod · Post by **MasterGod** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:12 pm

Thanks guys but between learning how to write it from scratch and writing a program to scan a VC project and generate a Makefile I prefer to learn how to make a Makefile on my own then..

But thanks anyways.