How to run Makefile from any directory?

Question

I have created a makefile which is fully automatic. This means, I do not need to change makefile to run different programs.

Now what I want to do is put that makefile somewhere and call that makefile from directory where my program is. But condition is that makefile should run as if I have putted that makefile in directory where my program is created and NOT at place where makefile actually is.

Answer 1

You can run a Makefile from another location as if it was in the current directory with:

make -f /path/to/your/makefile

You can make an alias or function for it if you want.