From 445b6dcf26955f80ea7b0c1f708236a9fce4dd2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: acidvegas <acid.vegas@acid.vegas>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 12:11:43 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added make file

---
 Makefile  | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4af5ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Compiler settings
+CC      = gcc
+CFLAGS  = -Wall -Wextra -O2
+PREFIX  = /usr/local
+
+# Files
+PROG    = shardz
+SOURCES = shardz.c
+OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:.c=.o)
+
+# Targets
+all: $(PROG)
+
+$(PROG): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) $(CFLAGS) -o $(PROG)
+
+install: $(PROG)
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	install -m 755 $(PROG) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/$(PROG)
+
+uninstall:
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/$(PROG)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(PROG) $(OBJECTS)
+
+.PHONY: all install uninstall clean 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c100b4..811581b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,11 +11,25 @@ Shardz is a lightweight C utility that shards *(splits)* the output of any proce
 - Load balancing input streams
 - Splitting any line-based input for distributed processing
 
-## Building
+## Building & Installation
+
+### Quick Build
 ```bash
 gcc -o shardz shardz.c
 ```
 
+### Using Make
+```bash
+# Build only
+make
+
+# Build and install system-wide (requires root/sudo)
+sudo make install
+
+# To uninstall
+sudo make uninstall
+```
+
 ## Usage
 ```bash
 some_command | shardz INDEX/TOTAL