Problems with make

[kabir dot patel at uk dot andersen dot com]

Dear all,

I am trying to use a makfile to compile a simple piece of C.

The makefile has the following :

ex2: ex1.c
        gcc ex1.c -o ex2

and nothing else.

When I run >>make makefile

I always get the same message, namely:

make: Nothing to be done for `makefile'.

This occurs even when I edit the file, or use additional options such as -W, or
when I use 'touch'.

When I run the command manually (gcc ex1.c -o ex2) it compiles fine.

Could somebody please tell me why this might be the case?

Thanks


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