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Re: Summary: P.D. MAKE for msdos

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From: Glauber
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:08
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In article <1992Aug13.052930.19832@druid.uucp> darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
>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?

	I will, and if it works i will tell. But i suspect that
the DOS programs won't be happy.


>
>>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.

	One more batch file, etc. I'm trying to make this as
self-contained as possible. command /c cls works just the same.

					Glauber



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