Use NMAKE to make all source in a directory?

Question

Using nmake, is it possible to have the makefile build all the .cpp files in the current directory automatically, without having to specify them individually?

So, instea

Answer 1

Just

main.exe: *.c resource.RES
    @$(MAKE) $(**:.c=.obj)
    link $(**:.c=.obj) /OUT:$@

and you don't need to add anything else! Every time you nmake, all *.c will be checked if it is compiled or not.

Where $** for the dependencies, $@ for the target.

$(**:.c=.obj) is a string substitute, replacing the .c suffix with .obj. And when it comes to resource.RES, it will not replace anything.

Note that there is a recursive call. This is the most elegant approach, otherwise you can call cmd to print all *.c filenames to a text and load from it.