running a command in a directory using std.process

[Timothee Cour]

+1
this is a command use case. Further,relying on shell such as  cd subdir &&
foo is fragile: if it fails, we're not sure whether it's because it
couldn't cd to subdir or because of foo.

Woudl the following be as efficient?
system_in_dir(string dir, string action){
auto path=getcwd
scope(exit)
  chdir(path)
chdir(dir)
system(action)
}


On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Benjamin Thaut <code at benjamin-thaut.de>wrote:

> Am 24.10.2013 09:06, schrieb simendsjo:
>
>  On Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 06:25:40 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
>>
>>> As far as I can tell std.process can only run commands in the working
>>> directory of the currently executing function. I want to execute a
>>> certain program inside a subdirectory on windows and can't get it to
>>> work:
>>>
>>> myproject
>>>  |- subdir
>>>
>>> So my executable has "myproject" as working directory. And I want to
>>> execute "dmd" with "subdir" as working directory.
>>>
>>
>> Isn't it possible to execute a command like "cd subdir && dmd"?
>>
>
> Thanks. That works. It still would be nice if std.process had this in its
> API.
>
>
> --
> Kind Regards
> Benjamin Thaut
>
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