Programming

Code:

PROGOBJS=lab10.o face.o
all:	lab10 clean
lab10:	$(PROGOBJS)
	gcc -o lab10 $(PROGOBJS)
lab10.o:	lab10.c face.h
	gcc -c lab10.c 
face.o:	face.c 
	gcc -c face.c
very-clean:	clean
	rm *.*~ lab10
clean:	
	rm *.o

I need a bit of help understanding what's going on back here. What does that first line mean? I read that when you use all, it was like the holy grail command, that should cover everything, but at the same time it seems this makefile is making a file called PROGOBJS? And what does the $(PROGOBJS) do and mean?

The reason is fairly easy, but this PROGOBJS business has me stumped :c. Thanks for any help in advance!

I added code tags so we can read it. Please do this yourself next time.
PROGOBJS=lab10.o face.o
just defines what make calls a "macro". It is just like a variable. This one has a value of those two .o files. This doesn't do much by itself. But now we can do:
gcc -o lab10 $(PROGOBJS)
and this magicly becomes:
gcc -o lab10 lab10.o face.o

thank you! That makes everything click just right!

That is just a convention, by the way. 'make' doesn't actually have a special meaning for it.