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Remove temporary files after compiling with Makefile

I'm currently using the following Makefile to compile my C project.

RM = rm -f
CFLAGS += -Wextra -Wall -Werror
CFLAGS +=   -I.

NAME = a.out

SRCS =  main.c

OBJS =  $(SRCS:.c=.o)


all:    $(NAME)
        $(NAME): $(OBJS)
        gcc $(OBJS) -o $(NAME) $(LDFLAGS)

clean:
        $(RM) $(OBJS)

fclean: clean
        $(RM) $(NAME)

re: fclean all

I would like to add something into my clean command which could remove temporary files, that's to say the files ending with ~. I have to do this without use *~.

Solution 
  • TMP =  $(SRCS:.c=.c~)

clean:
        $(RM) -f $(OBJS)
        $(RM) -f $(TMP)

    or like @Barmar said

    clean:
    -$(RM) $(OBJS)
    -$(RM) $(TMP)

    it's better to avoid option in RM = rm -f ==> RM = rm

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