DWMAKE

DWMake is nothing more than some gnu makefiles with pre-defined targets, rules and definitions to create an environment for building C++ files efficiently in the Linux environment.

Configure

The following set-up can be modified to your preferences. It uses a home bin directory and aliases 'make' to point to 'dwmake'. The dwmake script calls /usr/bin/make if no .dwmake file exists in the current directory so the redefinition of 'make' is benign.

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/andesengineering/dwmake

Create local bin directory and configure in your .bashrc

$ mkdir ~/bin
$ vi ~/.bashrc

Add the following lines to your .bashrc:

HOME_BIN=${HOME}/bin

if [[ ${PATH} != *"${HOME_BIN}"* ]]; then
    PATH=${PATH}:${HOME_BIN}
fi

While you are editing .bashrc, add the following line as well to define the DWMAKE variable to point to the directory where you made the git clone:

export DWMAKE=/path/to/dwmake

Copy dwmake.sh

Copy dwmake.sh from the clone directory to your home bin directory. Notice that the .sh extension is dropped in the copy

$ cp dwmake.sh ~/bin/dwmake

Add this alias to your .bash_aliases file and source it to make the alias active

$ echo "alias make='dwmake'" >> ~/.bash_aliases $ echo source ~/.bash_aliases

That's it. You're ready to use dwmake.

Create your first example

$ mkdir hello
$ vi hello.cpp

add:

#include <iostream>

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
    std::cout << "Hello, World!" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

create a .dwmake file

$ vi .dwmake

add a single line

EXEC = hello

just type 'make':

$ make

Predefined Target definitions

EXEC
    e.g.   EXEC = hello

DYNAMIC_LIBNAME
    e.g.   DYNAMIC_LIBNAME = MyLib   # Produces libMyLib.so

STATIC_LIBNAME
    e.g.   STATIC_LIBNAME = MyLib   # Produces libMyLib.a

Predefined Targets

    $ make 
    $ make clean
    $ make clobber

Predefined definitions

    INC_FLAGS  - include paths
        e.g. INC_FLAGS = -I../include -I/usr/local/include

    DEF_FLAGS  - definition flags
        e.g. DEF_FLAGS = -DMY_DEFINITION

    LIBS       - libraries for linking (can include library paths
        e.g.  LIBS = -lX11 -L /usr/local/lib -lfl

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