From: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru (Sergey Okhapkin)
Subject: RE: Calling "del" from makefile's using MAKE
17 Jan 1997 01:02:23 -0800
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Simon Stebbing wrote:
>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.
>
>Is there a syntax to indeed call 'del' from within a makefile, without
>having to
>write my own "del.exe" or calling any other 'del' equivalent (like rm)?

Try "cmd /c del" for NT or "command /c del" for 95. 




Sergey Okhapkin
Moscow, Russia

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