From:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id:	<10109200249.AA17712@clio.rice.edu>
Subject:	W2K error message documentation
To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP developers)
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2001 21:49:31 -0500 (CDT)
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The command (present in the mak3791 makefile) under Windows 2000 or XP:

"command.com /c if not exist glob\nul md glob" 

Returns "Extended Error 183" only if directory exists.  If not, it creates it.
This is seen during the make.

This string is not in any DJGPP image, only in command.com.  Using cmd.exe
with same command does not generate error.  Both reproducible w/o DJGPP.

I think this is cosmetic W2K bug/issue.  Should we worry about it?
Change the makefile to suppress it?  Ignore it?

Using command.com only allows the md command to be limited to short names,
something I found in testing; using cmd.exe no limits, no errors.

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