Re: make/cygwin How does it know to create .exe

[Dave Hylands]

Hi Gulgul,

Replying to list...

On 6/29/06, Gulgul Mamla <address@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to learn C++ fromt the book "Thinking in C++" and running
> samples on Windows XP. I am using make with cygwin. The make file is
> included below. I can see how a target like "Declare" is made. But the file
> created is Declare.exe.
>
> Could somebody please help me understand how (what setting etc) the system
> knows to create "Declare.exe" and not just "Declare"?

It happens automagically. Under linux, executables don't have an
extension. Under windows they have an .exe extension.

So the linker automatically adds a .exe extension so that linux
makefiles "just work".

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