Nmake Automatic Detection of dependencies

[karuppg]

Hi All,

I am using microsoft nmake tool version 6.00 for my project. when I make changes in any of the .h files, the C files which includes the header file is not getting compiled automatically. Can anyone give some suggestions please?

Thanks in advance!!

-Karuppiah

[Banfa]

I didn't think nmake did automatic detection of dependencies which means you will have to edit your make file(s) and manual type in you dependencies.

[karuppg]

Thanks!! Can you pls let me know how to do automatic detection of dependencies. I mean I have a C file. This has many header files included to it. When the header file is changed the C file should be compiled automatically.
Though in the dependency we dont have the list of header files included in the C file.

[Banfa]

You just need to add a line to your make file that looks something like

<CFileName>.c : <HeaderFile1>.h <HeaderFile2>.h <HeaderFileN>.h

For all your C files.

[karuppg]

Thats direct way of doing it. But I have hundreds of C file with multiple header files included in it. Also it is not possible to update make file every time when a header file is added or removed from C file.

[Banfa]

Look I know that GNU gcc can produce dependencies and I know that some third party make engines can produce dependencies but as I said I do not believe Microsofts nmake can produce dependencies, in fact as a make engine it is somewhat feature poor.

You keep saying that you want automatic creation of dependencies but I answered that with my first post, nmake does not do that and I am not aware of any tool in the Microsoft tool chain that does except using their IDE which if you are using nmake you are clearly no doing.