Help with GNU Makefiles

[skip0110]

I need help in learning to use makefiles in Linux. Previously, I just compiled my code using a direct g++ command. I went to a lab on seperate compilation, and read several online resources, but I can't get the hang of it. The last assignment I handed in with just a shell script that compiles my code, but the teacher really wants me to use makefiles. I would greatly appreciate if someone could give me a link to a simple example of some C++ files and the associated makefile, or just show me how I would do it for the case I present here. I guess I learn best by example.

These are the dependencies for my project:

• mailinglist.cpp depends on courselist.h and personlist.h
• courselist.cpp depends on courselist.h and personlist.h
• courselist.h depends on personlist.h, and
• personlist.h has no dependencies.

Right now, I can compile it just fine by doing

g++ mailinglist.cpp courselist.cpp

But I need the makefile to do this. Thanks a bunch.

 

[Seito4Counter]

this is sort of too simple.. but it might help http://www.speakeasy.org/~ersoz/GNUMake.html