Makefile.am subdirs and object files - anyone please help

[hyper^T <jcook2 bigpond net au>]

Can someone tell me how to use the Makefile.am file properly

This is the problem 


I have a directory called src with the main file called main.c.  every file
includes main.h 

I also have a subdirectory called menu (src/menu)
in there is menu.c, menu.h, filemenu.c, filemenu.h ..........
main.c includes menu.h ..... so in the end when it comes time to compile
link main.o with src/menu.o it doesn't work because gcc is looking for
menu.o not src/menu.o


So the problem is as soon as main.c depend's on [any f*cking
subdirectroy]/filename.o shit hits the fan



could someone tell me how for over 30 years software engineers have been
able to, by keeping in the file heirachy, get around my problem