Recipe for target failed

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Basically It is supposed to calculate the Federal Income of the user. But anytime I run it to see what is no doubt a baragge of structure errors I get this MakeFile

CPP      = g++.exe
CC       = gcc.exe
WINDRES  = windres.exe
OBJ      = #3.o
LINKOBJ  = #3.o
LIBS     = -L"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib" -L"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib" -static-libgcc
INCS     = -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/include"
CXXINCS  = -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/include" -I"C:/Program Files (x86)/Dev-Cpp/MinGW64/lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/4.9.2/include/c++"
BIN      = HOMEWORK.exe
CXXFLAGS = $(CXXINCS) 
CFLAGS   = $(INCS) 
RM       = rm.exe -f

.PHONY: all all-before all-after clean clean-custom

all: all-before $(BIN) all-after

clean: clean-custom
    ${RM} $(OBJ) $(BIN)

$(BIN): $(OBJ)
    $(CPP) $(LINKOBJ) -o $(BIN) $(LIBS)

#3.o: #3.cpp
    $(CPP) -c #3.cpp -o #3.o $(CXXFLAGS)

Any and all help/advice is appreciated.

@NathanOliver The full MakeFile is posted above, but if you're asking what it says in the console it says "Recipe for target 'project.exe' failed. — , Feb 19 '20 at 15:31
It would be great if you could remove irrelevant code (i.e. most of it) from the question, and post ther actual command and error, as noted by Nathan. See [How do I ask a good question?](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask). — Konrad Rudolph, Feb 19 '20 at 15:32
@NathanOliver Actually it says also "[Error] no input files" — , Feb 19 '20 at 15:33
Is this #3.cpp your file name? Any string after # is treated as a comment, thus it breaks your makefile. — 273K, Feb 19 '20 at 15:38

273K · Answer 1 · 2020-02-22T15:27:38.497

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The filename #3.cpp breaks your makefile, makes it invalid, such name is treated as a comment. Rename the file, so # is not used. Surrounding it with quotation marks, "#3.cpp" and "#3.o" does not work in Makefile: GNU makefile how to and when to quote strings

edited Feb 22 '20 at 15:27

answered Feb 19 '20 at 15:43

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