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Using SMAK with C source files


SMAK works with C, too! The /2 command line parameter can be used
to specify Microsoft C compiler format.

Note: My knowledge of C is limited to Microsoft's Quick C 2.0, which is
the only C compiler I have tested SMAK with. I would appreciate any
information that others can provide me with on other C compilers.



Entering "SMAK hello.c /2" command at the DOS prompt will "make" the
following sample C program. Note the QCL compiler /c switch that tells
the QCL compiler not to pass the object files to the linker automatically,
since SMAK will do this.



/* =================== Begin program HELLO.C =================== */

#include

/* Note that SMAK directives are commented off. */

/*

'begin MAKE
' c:\qc2\bin\qcl 'compiler program
' c:\qc2\bin\link 'linker program and options
' begin C 'source file default extension - source list follows
' c:\qc2\samples\hello /c ' main source module with compile options
' begin OBJ 'object file default extension - object list follows
' begin LIB
' c:\qc2\lib\slibce 'linker library
'end MAKE

*/


main()
{
printf (" HELLO! (compiled and linked with SMAK, written in Quick C 2.0)");
}


/* ==================== End program HELLO.C ==================== */


Alternately, you could rely on the QCL program to do the linking, rather
than SMAK, by using the following make directives:

/*

'begin MAKE
' c:\qc2\bin\qcl 'compiler program
' 'no linker program, QCL handles linking
' begin C 'default source extension - source list follows
' c:\qc2\samples\hello ' main source module with compile options
'end MAKE

*/

This is not desirable, however, as all compiler options and link commands
would have to be specified on a single line along with the main source
module, just as you would do from the command line. For more complex,
multi-module programs, the first SMAK script is more manageable and
clearer. The organized, columnar approach that SMAK uses makes it
preferable to the QCL spaghetti-code method.