Hello everyone. I am new to creating make files. I have been able to create simple makefiles for those applications which do not involve database but am unable to create for the ones that do involve database. When I run that make file, it just deletes the .exe file of that application from the folder. Could anyone please help me with this. That's how my make file looks Code: INCLUDES = -I/usr/include/mysql++ -I/usr/include/mysql LIBRARY = -L/usr/lib64/ -L/usr/lib64/mysql -lmysqlpp SOURCE = /usr/local/babbage/bin/BreachCheck VPATH = $(INCLUDES) $(LIBRARY) $(SOURCE) OBJS = breachtester.o breachwriter.o cherrypicker.o datecl.o formatter.o frontrunner.o liffeconnect.o \ liffe_runbreach.o logger.o positionmonitor.o reportwriter.o CC = g++ DEBUG = -g CFLAGS = -Wall -c $(DEBUG) LFLAGS = -Wall $(DEBUG) liffe_runbreach-64bit : $(OBJS) $(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o liffe_runbreach-64bit breachtester.o : breachtester.h breachtester.cpp breachwriter.h logger.h formatter.h \ datecl.h liffeconnect.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) breachtester.cpp breachwriter.o : breachwriter.h breachwriter.cpp breachtester.h liffeconnect.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) breachwriter.cpp cherrypicker.o : cherrypicker.h cherrypicker.cpp reportwriter.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) cherrypicker.cpp datecl.o : datecl.h datecl.cpp $(CC) $(CFLAGS) datecl.cpp formatter.o : formatter.h formatter.cpp $(CC) $(CFLAGS) formatter.cpp frontrunner.o : frontrunner.h frontrunner.cpp liffeconnect.h reportwriter.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) frontrunner.cpp liffeconnect.o : liffeconnect.h liffeconnect.cpp logger.h formatter.h breachtester.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) liffeconnect.cpp logger.o : logger.h logger.cpp $(CC) $(CFLAGS) logger.cpp positionmonitor.o : positionmonitor.h positionmonitor.cpp logger.h formatter.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) positionmonitor.cpp reportwriter.o : reportwriter.h reportwriter.cpp frontrunner.h liffeconnect.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) reportwriter.cpp liffe_runbreach.o : liffe_runbreach.cpp datecl.h logger.h breachtester.h liffeconnect.h formatter.h \ breachwriter.h cherrypicker.h frontrunner.h reportwriter.h $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) liffe_runbreach.cpp clean: \rm *.o *~ liffe_runbreach-64bit tar: tar cfv liffe_runbreach-64bit.tar breachwriter.h breachwriter.cpp cherrypicker.h \ cherrypicker.cpp logger.cpp logger.h breachtester.cpp breachtester.h datecl.h datecl.cpp \ frontrunner.h frontrunner.cpp positionmonitor.h positionmonitor.cpp liffe_runbreach.cpp