+1 this is a command use case. Further,relying on shell such as cd subdir && foo is fragile: if it fails, we're not sure whether it's because it couldn't cd to subdir or because of foo.
Woudl the following be as efficient? system_in_dir(string dir, string action){ auto path=getcwd scope(exit) chdir(path) chdir(dir) system(action) } On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Benjamin Thaut <c...@benjamin-thaut.de>wrote: > Am 24.10.2013 09:06, schrieb simendsjo: > > On Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 06:25:40 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote: >> >>> As far as I can tell std.process can only run commands in the working >>> directory of the currently executing function. I want to execute a >>> certain program inside a subdirectory on windows and can't get it to >>> work: >>> >>> myproject >>> |- subdir >>> >>> So my executable has "myproject" as working directory. And I want to >>> execute "dmd" with "subdir" as working directory. >>> >> >> Isn't it possible to execute a command like "cd subdir && dmd"? >> > > Thanks. That works. It still would be nice if std.process had this in its > API. > > > -- > Kind Regards > Benjamin Thaut >