Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 11:14:50 -0400 From: dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie) To: rri!potter AT vtserf DOT cc DOT vt DOT edu Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu Subject: Re: make problem (probably go32 prob) Make has special code to try to figure out when it needs to use the shell (versus a direct spawn) based on characters in the command line. It thinks that all quotes will require shell assistance to get the argument splitting correct.