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?

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Answer 1

You can run a shell command during nmakefile preprocessing, and then !include the output. Naturally the output needs to be in nmake format. Something like:

!if [bash -c "echo O = *.cpp" >sources.mak]
!error Failed to generate source list
!endif
!include sources.mak

all: $(O:.cpp=.obj)

.cpp.obj:
    ---COMPILE $< HERE---

I suspect that most people would not use bash to create sources.mak, but you get the idea.