Sender: Alain Borel <aborel AT pcbch3207h DOT unil DOT ch>
From: Alain Borel <aborel AT icma DOT unil DOT ch>
Subject: Re: makefile error
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diego j vilasuso <rilic AT wwa DOT com> wrote:
: I need help in understanding an error message I receive when I
: try to run a MAKEFILE.  The 'makefile' is very simple:

: main.o : main.cc define.h
:             gxx -c main.cc

: func.o : func.cc define.h
:             gxx -c func.cc

: runp : main.o func.o makefile
:             gxx -o runp main.o func.o

: Actually just about any order or of any of the above
: produces the same error.  The erroe being:

: makefile: 4: *** missing seperator.  Stop.

: What does this mean?  I'll apperciate any input.

Hello!

The most probable problem is that the lines defining the actions to be
taken (eg. gxx ....) have to start with a TAB, not a bunch of spaces.
Some text editors silently translate your TAB's to say 8 spaces, so
you might want to try another one...

Hope this helps!

Alain Borel
<Alain DOT Borel AT icma DOT unil DOT ch>