Compile all .c files in a directory using GCC compiler in CMD

Question

Is there a way to compile all .c files in a given folder by using the command line with GCC compiler ?
I've seen this page for Linux : http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/3230/compile-all-c-files-in-a-directory but couldn't find any equivalent for CMD.

I guess, there isn't a way, as mostly this wouldn't make sense for the linker. If you have project with multiple source files, you just should use a make file or write a build script which is also easyer to maintain. — dhein, Nov 04 '13 at 10:16

score 40 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 13 '15 at 19:14

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I guess gcc itself doesn't have such a parameter.

But you can try the regular wildcard argument of gcc *.c -o Output where the * (wildcard) is to read as "any".

edited Jan 13 '15 at 19:14

theonlygusti

answered Nov 04 '13 at 10:20

dhein

Use of `*` is known as [globbing](http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/globbingref.html). – sherrellbc Feb 20 '17 at 00:17

score -7 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '14 at 07:12

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You can compile your files with following command:

gcc -c -Wall file1.c file2.c file3.c

Here. -Wall will give you all the warnings and errors.

Do not forget to browse to the same directory where these files reside.

answered Feb 18 '14 at 07:12

jparthj

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OP asked about compiling all files without writing them one by one – Toma Mar 17 '20 at 19:56

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