Makefile: Compiling from directory to another directory

Question

I am trying to use Makefile to compile a bunch of .cpp files located in src/code/*.cpp, then compile each *.o in build/,

Answer 1

Your patsubst function is wrong; you can't use shell wildcard characters like *. You want:

OBJECTS = $(patsubst $(SOURCEDIR)/%.cpp,$(BUILDDIR)/%.o,$(SOURCES))

Also you should be using SOURCEDIR and BUILDDIR everywhere, not just in some places (otherwise you'll get inconsistencies). And finally, your SOURCEDIR value is wrong: it should not start with / I expect:

SOURCEDIR = src/code

SOURCES = $(wildcard $(SOURCEDIR)/*.cpp)