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Re: Dos Style path in 3.79.1-7 and -5
- From: "Johan Bezem" <jbezem at csksoftware dot com>
- To: Rami Mehio <Rami at improvsys dot com>
- Cc: CygWin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 18:08:19 +0200
- Subject: Re: Dos Style path in 3.79.1-7 and -5
- Organization: CSK Software AG
- References: <775BE9D2D47B434B8FA092E0980A3A2C01B28E@improv_server>
- Reply-to: CygWin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
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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