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--- programming:make:basic_make_example [2021/02/04 14:45] – peter
+++ programming:make:basic_make_example [2021/02/04 16:33] (current) – peter
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 <WRAP info>
-**NOTE:  The implicit rule being used is:
+**NOTE:**  The implicit rule being used is:
 <code bash>
 $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) hello.c -o hello
 </code>
+</WRAP>
+----
+===== Use an object =====
+Besides compiling, the Makefile can also link the object files:
+<file bash Makefile>
+hello : hello.o mylib.o
+hello.o : hello.c hello.h mylib.h
+mylib.o : mylib.c mylib.h
+</file>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  Thanks to the default rules, this is all that is needed by Make.
+The make program is smart enough to see that it needs hello.o, it will go find the rule for hello.o and so on.
+Of course, additional lines can be added to control further what happens for the build process.
 </WRAP>