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Article #875Re: Summary: P.D. MAKE for msdos
From: D'Arcy J.M. Cain
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 05:29
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 05:29
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glauber@vpnet.chi.il.us (Glauber Ribeiro) writes: > [Re: Gnuish Make] > Second catch is, there is an irritating inconsistency in >dealing with the backslash. You normally have to use 2 backslashes >instead of 1 (e.g,: c:\\dos\\edit instead of c:\dos\edit). UNLESS >the backslash appears on a line that is an internal messydos >command (e.g.: "dir c:\dos\*.*" is correct). Moreover, it doesn't Have you tried using the forward slash? >recognize "cls" as a valid msdos command (use "command /c cls", >instead). If you can live with these booboos, you will love this >program. Why not create a "clear.bat" and use clear instead of cls? simpler and also compatible with the Unix command. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid.com) | D'Arcy Cain Consulting | There's no government Toronto, Ontario, Canada | like no government! +1 416 424 2871 DoD#0082 |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!canrem!telly!druid!darcy From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) Subject: Re: Summary: P.D. MAKE for msdos Message-ID: <1992Aug13.052930.19832@druid.uucp> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 05:29:30 GMT References: <1992Aug11.060205.18285@vpnet.chi.il.us> Organization: D'Arcy Cain Consulting Lines: 22