How to manage the creation of a c++ library

Question

I am developping a static library and I would like to be able to export the library and a part of the interfaces I use in it. Is there any tool to automate that process (other than writing a makefile by hand) ?

For exemple let's say I have a library coded in the following directory structure:

• mystuff/
• main_entry_point_of_the_lib.h
• some_code.cpp
• innerfolder/
• an_interesting_interface.h
• some_code.cpp
• innerfolder2/
• an_uninteresting_interface.h
• some_code.cpp

I would like to create the following structure:

• mystuff/
• main_entry_point_of_the_lib.h
• innerfolder/
• an_interesting_interface.h
• innerfolder2/
• an_uninteresting_interface.h

Answer 1

You can use CMake for this. It's easy to use but really powerful. See here for documentation.

Some Pros:

• Very powerful / configurable
• easy to use
• simple to add a cmake library to other (cmake) projects
• Commandline and GUI available
• Available on all major platform
• supports native- and cross compiling
• can generate project files for various IDE's incl. Makefiles

Some more documentation:

• CMake Tutorial
• CMake by Example