Calling flex from a makefile

Question

I would like to call flex to build a .l file, then call gcc to build everything.

I tryed:

comp:
    lex scanner.l   \\
    gcc -o a.out main.c hash.c -I.         


        

Answer 1

Remove the backslash, or add a semicolon (;) before it.
As it is now, the two commands are added together on one line, and executed as one long command.