NMAKE

The Microsoft Program Maintenance Utility (NMAKE.EXE) is a 32-bit tool that builds projects based on commands contained in a description file.

Build steps

1. Pre-Build event
2. Custom build steps on individual files
3. Proxy generator
4. MIDL
5. Resource compiler
6. The C/C++ compiler
7. Pre-Link event
8. Linker or Librarian (as appropriate)
9. BSCMake
10. Custom build step on the project
11. Web deployment tool. The web deployment tool runs as part of a build only if the linker or librarian tools also run. However, you can run the web deployment tool via the Build menu.
12. Post-Build event

Run vcvars32.bat

hello.cpp

#include <iostream>
int main()
{
     std::cout << "hello, world\n";
}

c:\test\cl hello.cpp

c:\test\hello.exe