From: Rossz =?iso-8859-1?Q?V=E1mos=2DWentworth?= <rossw AT jps DOT net>
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Subject: Make and command line length
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:42:12 -0800
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Is MAKE.EXE truncating executed lines to 127 characters?  I've been
having problems with the DJGPP Make program and this seems to be the
only explanation.

Before Win95 the command line was limited to 127 characters.  However,
with the introduction of Win95 this limitation has been nearly
eliminated.  I've been able to successfully execute excessively long
commands from batch file (in excess of 550 characters) without a
problem, though I haven't been able to execute long lines directly from
the command line without the aid of 4DOS.

With this in mind, wouldn't it make sense to modify Make allow for
longer lines?

Rossz