A simple Makefile that I have written and use for my toy projects. http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html

Makefile

# Name of the project
# The binary file will use the name of the project!
PROJECT := $(shell basename $(shell pwd))

# Header files
HEADERS = -I../../util/

# C++ source files
SOURCES := $(shell find ./ -name "*.cpp")

# Object files corresponsing to the source files
OBJECTS := $(SOURCES:.cpp=.o)

# Compiler to use
CC = g++

# Flags to use while compiling
CFLAGS = -Wno-deprecated -c

# Compile, Link and Run the Project
all: $(PROJECT)
	./$(<).exe

# Create the binary ($@) by linking the object files ($<) after compilation is done.  
$(PROJECT): $(OBJECTS)
	$(CC) $< -o $@

# Compile the source files ($<) into object files ($@)
.cpp.o:
	$(CC) $(HEADERS) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@

# Cleanup object and binary files.
clean:
	@rm -fv *.o
	@rm -fv *.exe