How to run make file from any directory?

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In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even if i am in any directory?

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Which make? Borland's make? GNU make? Microsoft's nmake? One of the umpteen shareware implementations of make that have floated around over the years? And on what platform? The answer is different depending from the specifics. RedGrittyBrick is presuming that you have a POSIX-conformant shell and filesystem, for example.
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In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even if i am in any directory?

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Which make? Borland's make? GNU make? Microsoft's nmake? One of the umpteen shareware implementations of make that have floated around over the years? And on what platform? The answer is different depending from the specifics. RedGrittyBrick is presuming that you have a POSIX-conformant shell and filesystem, for example.
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In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even if i am in any directory?

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In order to run make file, I am supposed to go to the make file's directory and from there only I can run the make file. How can I do the same even if i am in any directory?

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Which make? Borland's make? GNU make? Microsoft's nmake? One of the umpteen shareware implementations of make that have floated around over the years? And on what platform? The answer is different depending from the specifics. RedGrittyBrick is presuming that you have a POSIX-conformant shell and filesystem, for example.
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Which make? Borland's make? GNU make? Microsoft's nmake? One of the umpteen shareware implementations of make that have floated around over the years? And on what platform? The answer is different depending from the specifics. RedGrittyBrick is presuming that you have a POSIX-conformant shell and filesystem, for example.
– JdeBP
Dec 23 '11 at 13:43

Which make? Borland's make? GNU make? Microsoft's nmake? One of the umpteen shareware implementations of make that have floated around over the years? And on what platform? The answer is different depending from the specifics. RedGrittyBrick is presuming that you have a POSIX-conformant shell and filesystem, for example.
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(cd /other/dir && make)

will not change your shell's current directory, but will run make with the indicated working directory.

The && will ensure that make doesn't run if there's an error in the cd part of the command (e.g., the directory doesn't exist, or you don't have access to it).

edited Oct 24 '13 at 14:06

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Looks like there's a -C option to make for most Unixes these days. Details and some more complete answers here: stackoverflow.com/q/453447/357774
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make -C dir

Change to directory dir before reading the pointed makefile.

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Use cd ./dir && make && pwd inside Makefile .

Example of sample Makefile :

BUILD_DIR       =       $(shell pwd)



deploy::

        cd ./dist/local && make && pwd && npm publish && cd .. && cd .. && pwd

clean::

        npm cache clean --force

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(cd /other/dir && make)

will not change your shell's current directory, but will run make with the indicated working directory.

The && will ensure that make doesn't run if there's an error in the cd part of the command (e.g., the directory doesn't exist, or you don't have access to it).

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Looks like there's a -C option to make for most Unixes these days. Details and some more complete answers here: stackoverflow.com/q/453447/357774
– Noyo
Oct 24 '13 at 13:34

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(cd /other/dir && make)

will not change your shell's current directory, but will run make with the indicated working directory.

The && will ensure that make doesn't run if there's an error in the cd part of the command (e.g., the directory doesn't exist, or you don't have access to it).

edited Oct 24 '13 at 14:06

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Looks like there's a -C option to make for most Unixes these days. Details and some more complete answers here: stackoverflow.com/q/453447/357774
– Noyo
Oct 24 '13 at 13:34

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(cd /other/dir && make)

will not change your shell's current directory, but will run make with the indicated working directory.

The && will ensure that make doesn't run if there's an error in the cd part of the command (e.g., the directory doesn't exist, or you don't have access to it).

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Scott

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(cd /other/dir && make)

will not change your shell's current directory, but will run make with the indicated working directory.

The && will ensure that make doesn't run if there's an error in the cd part of the command (e.g., the directory doesn't exist, or you don't have access to it).

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Looks like there's a -C option to make for most Unixes these days. Details and some more complete answers here: stackoverflow.com/q/453447/357774
– Noyo
Oct 24 '13 at 13:34

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6

Looks like there's a -C option to make for most Unixes these days. Details and some more complete answers here: stackoverflow.com/q/453447/357774
– Noyo
Oct 24 '13 at 13:34

Looks like there's a -C option to make for most Unixes these days. Details and some more complete answers here: stackoverflow.com/q/453447/357774
– Noyo
Oct 24 '13 at 13:34

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make -C dir

Change to directory dir before reading the pointed makefile.

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make -C dir

Change to directory dir before reading the pointed makefile.

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make -C dir

Change to directory dir before reading the pointed makefile.

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Kamil Maciorowski

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answered Oct 12 '17 at 7:26

Jonathan

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make -C dir

Change to directory dir before reading the pointed makefile.

edited Oct 12 '17 at 7:53

Kamil Maciorowski

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answered Oct 12 '17 at 7:26

Jonathan

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edited Oct 12 '17 at 7:53

Kamil Maciorowski

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Use cd ./dir && make && pwd inside Makefile .

Example of sample Makefile :

BUILD_DIR       =       $(shell pwd)



deploy::

        cd ./dist/local && make && pwd && npm publish && cd .. && cd .. && pwd

clean::

        npm cache clean --force

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Use cd ./dir && make && pwd inside Makefile .

Example of sample Makefile :

BUILD_DIR       =       $(shell pwd)



deploy::

        cd ./dist/local && make && pwd && npm publish && cd .. && cd .. && pwd

clean::

        npm cache clean --force

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Use cd ./dir && make && pwd inside Makefile .

Example of sample Makefile :

BUILD_DIR       =       $(shell pwd)



deploy::

        cd ./dist/local && make && pwd && npm publish && cd .. && cd .. && pwd

clean::

        npm cache clean --force

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Use cd ./dir && make && pwd inside Makefile .

Example of sample Makefile :

BUILD_DIR       =       $(shell pwd)



deploy::

        cd ./dist/local && make && pwd && npm publish && cd .. && cd .. && pwd

clean::

        npm cache clean --force

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