Subject: Re: Calling "del" from makefile's using MAKE
From: [email-masked] ("Ben Constable")

17 Jan 1997 11:23:09 -0800
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> I've had a problem calling the commands built-in to command.com under
> NT4.0, 'del' is one such example.  I assume this is because there is no
> such
> thing as del.com or del.exe, and make doesn't call it's commands via
> command.com.

Just a small thing:

command.com does not exist in NT. It is called CMD.EXE, and it is totally
different to command.com. Try doing a "cmd del" and seeing if that works...

Ben Constable
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