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Reputation: 189

c++ change directory and run make

i have this code

 switch(fork()){
        case -1: perror("fork");
          exit(1);
        case 0:
          if(chdir("cd /var/code/p1"))
          system("make");
          break;
        default: 
          break;
        }

in /var/code/p1 is a make file and a code file (if i tipe make in this directory its work) , this code is in /var/code/p2.

My problem is : this code is not compile the code from /var/code/p1, this are compile the code from /var/code/p2 , so what i do wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 258

Answers (1)

David Heffernan
David Heffernan

Reputation: 613451

chdir("cd /var/code/p1")

should be

chdir("/var/code/p1")

And the if test is incorrect since chdir returns 0 on success. You need

if (chdir("/var/code/p1") == 0)
       system("make");

Upvotes: 3

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