C-Free Building Steps

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Building Steps

C-Free can build both project and single file. The following graph shows the steps of building procedure:

The building procedure contains the step of compiling, linking. The following table shows the detail flow of each relative command in C-Free.

	Single File	Project
Current Build Configuration	Global Build Configuration	Project Build Configuration
Compile	Compile current file	Compile all source files of current project
Make	Compare the time of current file with object file and executable file. If the current file has been modified, it will be re-compiled and linked	Check all files' modification, and compile all modified source files. After compiled, link all object files to an executable file
Build	Compile current file, and link it to an executable file	Compile all source files of current project. After compiled, link all object files to an executable file