gcc/g++ option to place all object files into separate directory

Question

I am wondering why gcc/g++ doesn\'t have an option to place the generated object files into a specified directory.

For example:

mkdir builddir
mkdir          


        

Answer 1

Meanwhile I found a "half-way" solution by using the -combine option.

Example:

mkdir builddir
mkdir builddir/objdir
cd srcdir

gcc -combine -c file1.c file2.c file3.c -o ../builddir/objdir/all-in-one.o

this "combines" all source files into one single object file.

However, this is still "half-way" because it needs to recompile everything when only one source file changes.