<p>I've looking to find a simple recommended "minimal" c++ makefile for linux which will use g++ to compile and link a single file and h file. Ideally the make file will not even have the physical file names in it and only have a .cpp to .o transform. What is the best way to generate such a makefile without diving into the horrors of autoconf?</p>

<p>The current dir contains, for example</p>

<p>t.cpp
t.h</p>

<p>and I want a makefile for that to be created. I tried autoconf but its assuming .h is gcc instead of g++. Yes, while not a beginner, I am relearning from years ago best approaches to project manipulation and hence am looking for automated ways to create and maintain makefiles for small projects.</p>

If it is a single file, you can type
```
```
make t
```
```
And it will invoke
```
```
g++ t.cpp -o t
```
```
This doesn't even require a Makefile in the directory, although it will get confused if you have a t.cpp and a t.c and a t.java, etc etc.
Also a real Makefile:
```
```
SOURCES := t.cpp
# Objs are all the sources, with .cpp replaced by .o
OBJS := $(SOURCES:.cpp=.o)

all: t

# Compile the binary 't' by calling the compiler with cflags, lflags, and any libs (if defined) and the list of objects.
t: $(OBJS)
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o t $(OBJS) $(LFLAGS) $(LIBS)

# Get a .o from a .cpp by calling compiler with cflags and includes (if defined)
.cpp.o:
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $<
```
```