Re: Calling make remotely

[Ted Stern]

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am developing on remote computers that are faster than my client computer.
> To edit source files I use TRAMPs ssh-mode. This works very well. However, I
> don't know what is the best way to run Makefiles on the remote machines.
> Currently I am using EMACS compile command with parameters like "ssh host
> \"cd some/directory; make target1 target2\"". Are there any other less
> cumbersome ways to execute make on the remote machine?
> 

Marginally less cumbersome:  if you're using GNU make, you can use the -C
option (similar to the one in GNU tar) that changes to the desired directory
before beginning execution.

Ted
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