Re: switching current working directory inside a makefile

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Smith <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 13:07:59 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> My limited knowledge of Windows leads me to believe that the working
> directory is a function of the system (or at least the login) rather
> than the process, like it is on UNIX.  So, changing directories like
> that SHOULD work on Windows.

That is true on old versions of Windows and on DOS.  Since Windows NT,
each process has its own cwd.

> But, maybe the Windows port of GNU make has some code to make this
> work like UNIX.

Yes, it does have code to do that.