C Makefile I'm stuck

Asked Feb 27 '14 at 04:42

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Ok I'm doing Zed Shaws Learn C the hard way. I'm stuck on lesson 2 where you have to create a makefile. I create the makefile in my directory as he says I add the code, but when I run make this is the result

$ make clean
Makefile:4: *** missing separator.  Stop.

I don't know how to fix the error. The code he has you type is

CFLAGS=-Wall    -g

clean:
    rm  -f  ex1

I'm not spacing either just hitting tab as instructed from the book.

edited Feb 27 '14 at 04:44

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asked Feb 27 '14 at 04:42

Marquavious

It's not lying: You need a TAB character before `rm -f ex1`. – devnull Feb 27 '14 at 04:44
Check that your editor is using tab characters and not just putting in 4 spaces. Some editors do this as many people like to not mix tabs and spaces. – azurelogic Feb 27 '14 at 04:47
@devnull got it, you must start the command with a tab... not spaces and no tabs in the actual command. Also, make sure your editor is not converting tabs into spaces. – John Yost Feb 27 '14 at 04:48
Alright I'll try that and let you all know. – Marquavious Feb 27 '14 at 04:50
I got it , It was a problem with my editors spacing it kept adding spaces instead of tab . Thanks Guys ! – Marquavious Feb 27 '14 at 04:55

C Makefile I'm stuck

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