If you choose to modify Unix makefiles to work with Microsoft's
Nmake, the following hints may be helpful. Note that the latest version
of Nmake seems to be rather tolerant of Unix conventions in paths and filenames.
- Some utility functions have different names.
For example, libraries are created by ar in Unix and by lib
in Windows. Also, ar appends to a library by default but lib does not, so if you
want to add a function to a library, be sure to specify both the library and the
new function as inputs to lib
- Slashes in paths may need to be tipped in the opposite direction.
- Suffixes may need to be changed as follows:
|
UNIX |
Windows |
| Library |
.a |
.lib |
| Object file |
.o |
.obj |
| Executable file |
(none) |
.exe |
| C++ source file |
.C |
.cpp |
| Input to Fortran Preprocessor |
.F |
.fpp |
For more information, see
Unix-like interface and
Building Large Projects.
