Re: using a shell script to compile your C programs

"pereges" <Broli00@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:a6e0e031-4da8-4275-a3b9-75d149140928@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Do you see anything wrong about this method ? For eg. I write a shell
> script a.sh containing :
>
> cc -o test file1.c file2.c file3.c
>
> and then execute the shell script ( sh a.sh) to compile and create the
> executable. What is the difference between this method and writing a
> make file ?

Nothing. As programs get more complicated that would have to many files to

type out, and make file you can write them to have the ability to only 
recompile the files that have actually changed since last time, so large 
projects compile much more quickly.