gvim :make command does not work

Question

I am under a Unix environment, working in C++. I'm opening gvim from a directory in which a makefile called "Makefile" exists. When I try to use ":make" from within vim, I get: shell returned 2 (1 of 1): make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

Accepted Answer

Can you check the following options?

```
:set shell?
:set shelltype?
```

Finally, check the contents of your shell login file. For example, if your shell is bash, check `~/.bashrc`. Does this file contain something like the following?

```
cd ~
```

Or:

```
cd /home/${USERNAME}
```

where `${USERNAME}` is (obviously) your username.

gvim :make command does not work

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