???? "Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ¦b¶l¥ó news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ¤¤¼¶¼g... > I'm having trouble getting Gnu make to execute long command lines. Command > of 104 characters work fine; those with 105 fail. > I need the long commands to, for example, delete a long list of files. > > It appears that make is ignoring the value of COMSPEC, SHELL, and MAKESHELL. > If I set these to refer to > c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe in both the environment and make file, the > problem still occurs. > > When I run the commands in a console window using > "cmd /C" long command work find; using "command /C" only the short commands > work. > > I've found numerous claims in newsgroups that make doesn't care about > command length but that does not seem to be the case here. > > Can anyone suggest a solution or a workaround? Is there a version of GNU > make out there that does not have this problem? > > A test makefile and its output is below; the make version is: > GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. > Built for i386-pc-msdosdjgpp > Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000 > > I thank you in advance for your suggestions ( or your sympathy). > > Jim Cant > > ***** Here's the makefile: ***** > > DOUBLE_SPACE = '\n\n' > > COMSPEC = c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe > SHELL = c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe > MAKESHELL = c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe > export > > FILE_LIST_SHORT = This works file03 file04 file06 file07 file08 file09 > file11 file12 file13 file14 file15 file15 > FILE_LEST_LONG = This FAILS! 2 File03 File04 File06 File07 File08 File09 > File11 File12 File13 File14 File15 File15_ > > # switch backslash for forward; '\c' interpreted specially > top : > @echo COMSPEC = $(subst \,/,$(COMSPEC)) > @echo MAKESHELL= $(subst \,/,$(MAKESHELL)) > @echo SHELL = $(subst \,/,$(SHELL)) > > @echo $(DOUBLE_SPACE) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This Works 789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 > 123456789 > 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] This FAILS! 89 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 > 123456789 > 123456789 123456789 123456789 12345 > > @echo $(DOUBLE_SPACE) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -rv $(FILE_LIST_SHORT) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -rv $(FILE_LEST_LONG) > > ***** Here's the output: ***** > > COMSPEC = c:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe > MAKESHELL= c:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe > SHELL = c:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe > > > > This Works 789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 > 123456789 123456789 1234 > make.exe: [top] Error 11 (ignored) > > > > This > rm: cannot unlink entry "This": The system cannot find the file specified. > works > rm: cannot unlink entry "works": The system cannot find the file specified. > file03 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file03": The system cannot find the file specified. > file04 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file04": The system cannot find the file specified. > file06 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file06": The system cannot find the file specified. > file07 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file07": The system cannot find the file specified. > file08 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file08": The system cannot find the file specified. > file09 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file09": The system cannot find the file specified. > file11 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file11": The system cannot find the file specified. > file12 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file12": The system cannot find the file specified. > file13 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file13": The system cannot find the file specified. > file14 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file14": The system cannot find the file specified. > file15 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file15": The system cannot find the file specified. > file15 > rm: cannot unlink entry "file15": The system cannot find the file specified. > make.exe: [top] Error 1 (ignored) > make.exe: [top] Error 11 (ignored) > >
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