Makefile on python
Question: I'm trying to write a Makefile for a python script, that will create a
`VMTranslator`

executable file, which is supposed to get an input,

meaning this is how it is supposed to be done on shell commands:

    
    
    1)make <==== should make the VMTranslator executable.
    
    2)VMTranslator BasicTest.vm <==== the user is supposed to use it like this.
    

i have tried the following according to what i have found online:

    
    
    #!/usr/local/bin/
        python *$
    

but it is not working.

the files needed to be included are: codeWriter.py , vmTranslator.py ,
parser.py .

how can this be done?


Answer: The Python binary is an interpreter. It does not create stand-alone
executables.

What you can do is to write a Python script that does what you want, as long
as the Python executable is present the script can be made to run
transparently:

    
    
    #!/usr/bin/env python
    #
    
    import codeWriter
    import vmTranslator
    import parser
    
    # Add code here to parse arguments and call into the imported code.
    

Save that as `VMTranslator`, and make the file executable (`chmod +x
VMTranslator`).

