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From: tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com (Gary R. Van Sickle)
Subject: RE: Why text=binary mounts
17 Jan 1998 01:53:38 -0800 :
Message-ID: <01BD219F.F1A4D4B0.tiberius.cygnus.gnu-win32@braemarinc.com>
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> Yeah, you don't have the GNU make utility (I'll be deep in the cold, cold 
> ground before I figure out how to use that one, and not for lack of
> trying).

Have you tried reading the manual?
GNU make actually comes with quite good documentation.

Yeah, my problem was trying to get automatic dependency checking combined 
with lack of patience.  I finally gave up and went to batch files.  I 
agree, the GNU make documentation is good. Maybe if I had a full Unix 
setup, everything would end up working better.

Gary R. Van Sickle (tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com)
Electrical Design Engineer
Braemar Inc.
11481 Rupp Dr.
Burnsville, MN 55337


-----Original Message-----
From:	Fergus Henderson [SMTP:fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU]
Sent:	Wednesday, January 14, 1998 8:56 PM
To:	Gary R. Van Sickle
Subject:	Re: Why text=binary mounts

On 13-Jan-1998, Gary R. Van Sickle <tiberius AT braemarinc DOT com> wrote:
> Yeah, you don't have the GNU make utility (I'll be deep in the cold, cold 
> ground before I figure out how to use that one, and not for lack of
> trying).

Have you tried reading the manual?
GNU make actually comes with quite good documentation.

> So what is Unix'
> advantage over MS when it comes to software development?  Is it simply 
that
> the GNU stuff is available free?

The advantage is the number of existing tools and the ease of
building your own tools, by combining scripts, existing tools, etc.

--
Fergus Henderson <fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT oz DOT au>   |  "I have always known that the 
pursuit
WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh>   |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
PGP: finger fjh AT 128 DOT 250 DOT 37 DOT 3         |     -- the last words of T. S. Garp.

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