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Subject:	Problems with GNU make.exe on win98 (reformatted)
Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2002 13:33:40 -0500
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Message-Id:	<20020822183340.SKQW13865.fe1@localhost>

Hi,

Heres the environment:
Win 98, cygwin-b20, make 3.75, DOS shell

Whenever I try to run make in a DOS shell, I get several
"Bad command or file name" errors. I discovered that I was
getting this error only for commands that are also part of
the standard DOS (command.com) library. This does not appear
to be a path problem since all non-DOS commands work fine.
Also, I am able to run the same DOS command outside of make.

Scenario:
If I place a "mkdir xxx" in the the makefile and run make, 
I get the mentioned error. However, I can run that same
command at the DOS prompt, and it works fine. If I go to the
cygwin bin directory, rename mkdir.exe to mkdir_test.exe, 
then adjust the makefile to contain "mkdir_test xxx", 
everything will work.

So, is it possible that make.exe is not looking outside the
DOS command shell for commands that are part of the standard
DOS library? But, it works for all other commands that are
in the PATH?

I have tried setting my PATH so that the cygwin/bin
directory is first, this does not help. This same 
environment works fine on Win 2000. Any help would be 
appreciated... Thanks.



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