# where is your base directory?
BASE_DIR = /home/idunn1/rgr/prototype

# which compiler are you using?
CC = /usr/local/gnu/bin/gcc
 
# code optimization flag
FLAGS = -O2
 
# where are the header files that prototype the routines in the libraries?
INCLUDE_HEADER_DIRS = -I${BASE_DIR}/src/include
 
# where are the libraries which contain the routines you are calling?
INCLUDE_LIB_DIRS = -L${BASE_DIR}/lib
 
# what are the names of the libraries you need?
INCLUDE_LIBRARIES = -lCrisGetData -lUtilities
 
cris: crisTest.c
	${CC} ${FLAGS} crisTest.c -o crisTest \
		${INCLUDE_HEADER_DIRS} \
		${INCLUDE_LIB_DIRS} \
		${INCLUDE_LIBRARIES}
 
clean:
	rm -rf *.o crisTest

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and here are the results when you run make after editing crisTest.c:

mussel % make clean
rm -rf *.o crisTest
mussel % make cris
/usr/local/gnu/bin/gcc -O2 crisTest.c -o crisTest \
        -I/home/idunn1/rgr/prototype/src/include \
        -L/home/idunn1/rgr/prototype/lib \
        -lCrisGetData -lUtilities
mussel %