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Message-ID: <3CEA70F3.787771DE@csksoftware.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 18:08:19 +0200
From: "Johan Bezem" <jbezem AT csksoftware DOT com>
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To: Rami Mehio <Rami AT improvsys DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Dos Style path in 3.79.1-7 and -5
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Try using forward slahes like d:/utils/print.exe. I don't think the
CygWin version of make has ever been equipped to handle unescaped
backslahes. You may also try escaping them, like d:\\utils\\print.exe.

Regards,

Johan Bezem
CSK Software AG

Rami Mehio wrote:
> 
> I have been using   gnu make 3.79 on win32. The shell i use is cmd.exe.
> 
> I have recently upgraded my cygwin tools including make to 3.79.1-5 (and
> subsequently to -7).
> 
> I seems that make no longer recognizes Dos style pathnames. So in a rule, if
> i have
> 
> target:
>         d:\utils\print.exe hello.txt
> 
> if i do
> 
>  make target --win32
> 
> make does not recognize the d:\utils\print.exe path.
> 
> This used to work fine for me before.
> 
> Does anybody know anything about this?
> 
> thanks
> 
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