I am using the Windows port of GNU Make. I have a program that runs over a set of diretories and generates some output. In order for the output to be generated correctly the program needs to be called from the root directory of the drive (the reasons for this are complicated but the program is beyond my control, so I can't change this behaviour). The way I normally achieve this is to subst the root of the directory subtree, that I want to run the program over, to a drive and then change into that drive, before calling the program. E.g., if I want to run it over D:\wibble\wobble, I do the following:
subst K: D:\wibble\wobble cd /D K: Z:\tools\program.exe This program is a part of a process of creating the final result, and I'm now trying to automate the process by using a make file (some steps take a long time to run and not all steps need to be re-run each time, so a makefiles seems the ideal way to go). I've got most of it down, but I am having trouble running the above lines inside the make file. 'cd /D K:' executes without errors, but the next line, 'z:\tools\program.exe' is still called from the directory where the makefile is located. I know I can change the current working directory when calling make using --derectory option, but the above program needs to be called several times on different diretory trees, so using this is not an option unless I put each call in a separate make file and call those recursively, which is not desirable. I was wondering if anyone know to execute the three lines correctly inside a single makefile? Thanks in advance, Mangetsu -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/switching-current-working-directory-inside-a-makefile-tp17540767p17540767.html Sent from the Gnu - Make - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
