Eclipse-CDT: Whats the best way to add a custom build step?

Question

I have a file in my project which I need to compile using an external tool, and the output of that is a pair of .c and .h files.

Whats the best way to integrate this into my Eclipse-CDT build?

• Ideally I can reference the external tool using a relative path
• Ideally Eclipse will know if I change this file that it needs to re-run the external tool

I've tried out adding something to the 'Builders' section under Project Properties with mixed results.

thx

• Alex

Answer 1

I got this working well by adding a 'Builder' of type 'Program'.

Right click on the project, Click Properties, Click New ..., Add the location of the file you want to execute, as well as any command line arguments.