> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:11:51 -0800 > From: Cedric Perthuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I need to send back some data to my build manager too, so I need to > issue several commands at the same line. For example: > "cmd.exe /c gnumake && pause" > > if the build succeeds then my cmd.exe window will be left open on the > build server waiting for someone to press a key. This is fine, this is > exactly what I want, since instead of the pause I could execute some > more commands. > > However, if the build fails: with a message like this one: > "main.cpp > win32\main.cpp(32) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: > 'Rapi.h': No such file or directory > gnumake: *** [../../tmp/win32/Debug/emviewer/win32/main.obj] Error 2" > then the command "pause" is not executed. > > I beleive that gnumake is returning an error ( I don't know how exactly
Yes, Make exits with a non-zero status when it fails to build. > and this error forces cmd.exe to exit before finishing the current > command line. That's true; this is a feature of the "&&" operator: the second command is run only if the first one exits with a zero status. > So my problem is not entirely due to gnumake. it's mainly a cmd.exe. > For instance if I do "cmd.exe /c asdsadsadasdada && pause" cmd.exe will > say something like command not found and will exit without calling the > pause. > The thing here is that my build command is completely valid, the fact > that the build fails is something else, that I want to handle myself. > so is there a way to configure gnumake not to output an error which > makes cmd.exe to exit ? You can cause Make to exit with a zero status by prepending a `-' to the command(s) that can fail. But this is not recommended, as you generally don't want Make to ignore failed commands. > and I am wondering if someone has a workaround or have tackkle the pbl > differently. Yes, there is a way: use & instead of &&. & will always run the second command, even if the first fails. _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
