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+LINK.o = $(LINK.cc)
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11 -Wall -Wno-sign-compare
+CPPFLAGS = -I include/afp/
+
+OBJS = o/finder_info.o o/resource_fork.o
+
+# also cygwin...
+ifeq ($(MSYSTEM),MSYS)
+	OBJS += o/remap_os_error.o
+endif
+
+ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	OBJS += o/xattr.o
+endif
+
+libafp.a : $(OBJS)
+	ar rcs $@ $^
+
+o :
+	mkdir $@
+
+o/finder_info.o : src/finder_info.cpp include/afp/finder_info.h
+o/resource_fork.o : src/resource_fork.cpp include/afp/resource_fork.h
+o/remap_os_error.o : src/remap_os_error.c
+o/xattr.o : src/xattr.c include/afp/xattr.h
+
+o/%.o: src/%.c | o
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
+o/%.o: src/%.cpp | o
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
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