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user3483844
user3483844

Reputation: 143

Running Command Lines in a makefile

I'm trying to figure out how to run a program with inputs from the command line using a makefile.

For example, let's say I have a program foo that takes in two integers and adds them and returns the result. In the make file when I type in make test for example it'll go into my makefile and it'd look like this

test:
     ./foo 1 1
     ./foo 2 2

and so on, but when I'm trying to do it it doesn't run. Is there something I am missing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 71

Answers (1)

mouviciel
mouviciel

Reputation: 67829

You can get the absolute path of your Makefile with:

mkfile_path := $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))

Then, you can build your executable path with:

exe_path := $(mkfile_path)/../program

Finally, invoque foo with its path:

$(exe_path)/foo 1 1

Upvotes: 1

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