Re: how to create a single rule to build a directory as necessary

[John Calcote]

On 9/22/2009 10:18 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> So, in your case, running the command "mkdir -p gllib; cd gllib;
> make" (which by the way, is not well-formed; it should be:
>
>         mkdir -p $@&&  cd $@&&  $(MAKE)
>    

I'm kinda curious to know what $(MAKE) is expected to do in this case. 
You just created the directory, so it's empty. cd'ing into it and 
running make won't really amount to much, will it?

John