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Re: How to make 'cd' errors stop a rule?
From: |
Dave Hylands |
Subject: |
Re: How to make 'cd' errors stop a rule? |
Date: |
Sun, 4 Dec 2005 14:59:46 -0800 |
Hi Matt,
> I find that the 'cd' command in this rule does not stop this make script:
>
>
> all:
> cd bogus-this-is-not-a-real-directory; ls -l
> @echo This is the 2nd cmd in the rule
You're actually executing two commands. And make is seeing the return
code from the ls -l.
So split it into two lines and it should fail if trying to cd into a
non-existance directory.
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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/