Subject: Re: B20: make "/c" error when SHELL=/bin/sh
From: [email-masked] (Christopher G. Faylor)

20 Nov 1998 22:05:14 GMT
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In article <[email-masked]>,
Michael D. Garris <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Context: B20 on NT 4.0 using cygwin-32 make.exe and sh.exe
>
>I didn't find this reported when searching the archives on "make".
>A problem arises when assigning /bin/sh as the command interpreter with:
>	SHELL=/bin/sh
>
>Error occurs when the following simple command block is
>interpreted in the sample make script:
>
>SHELL=/bin/sh
>it:
>	echo hi
>
>The error generated is:
>	"/c: Can't open /c"

I believe that this is in the FAQ.  You need to set the environment
variable MAKE_MODE=unix or invoke make as "make --unix".

cgf
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