CODEWITHSUNDEEP
makefilegnu-make
user4445419
user4445419

Reputation:

path in makefile not working

Im running the following makefile which needs to change dir to specific target and run there npm install

The problem is that I was able to see in the output that it print the directory (project/app) to the right directory but the installation (npm install) run on level up (project), why ?

For example

When I run it I see from cd $(DIR)/app /Users/i03432/go/src/project/app

Now the second command is npm install

And I got error that id doesn’t find the package json in the project path which is right... it’s only in the app path. Why the cd is not working ?

it try to find it here /Users/i03432/go/src/project/package.json

and here is the package.json

/Users/i03432/go/src/project/app/package.json

The makefile is

module:

   DIR=$(PWD)
   @echo $(DIR)
   cd $(DIR)/app
   npm install

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1095

Answers (1)

lubgr
lubgr

Reputation: 38315

Every command in a rule is run in a single process (sub-shell). Every change you perform on the environment is hence tied to that particular line. You want to change your snippet to

cd $(PWD)/app && npm install

This command runs in a single subprocess and should yield the desired result. Note that this problem occurs for the definition of DIR, too, so you might want to move this a few lines up:

DIR = $(PWD)

module:
    cd $(DIR) && npm install

This way, you are referring to a variable that make provides, and you don't rely upon subprocesses here.

Upvotes: 3

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