I am trying to do this:
I want to call a make (Makefile
exists in some other directory, abc
path can be used) from a shell script located in a different directory. How do I do this?
Since shell scripting does not allow me to cd
into the Makefile
directory and execute make
, how can I write the shell command (by giving path to the Makefile
to be executed) to execute make
?
GNU make
accepts many options, notably -C
to change directory before running, and -f
for giving the Makefile
to follow.
Combine them appropriately.
Consider using remake to ease debugging (notably with -x
) of Makefile
related issues. With GNU make version 4 or better, also use make --trace
...
You could have your own executable shell script (e.g. in your $HOME/bin/
which would be in your $PATH
) which uses both cd
and make
).
You could consider other build automation tools (ninja perhaps)
Read also P.Miller's paper Recursive Make considered harmful
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