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Article #3537Re: Long filenames and NMAKE.
From: Mike Thompson,332,54714,2734927
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:57
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:57
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From article <1jp9bbINNl19@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>, by duffy@theory.chem.ubc.ca (Pat Duffy): > Hi Everyone, > > A while ago I posted about problems with long filenames and the make that comes > with the WorkSet/2 stuff. Someone suggested that I get the new make from > hobbes (under .../2.0/programming), which I did. > > ------------ BEGIN ERROR MESSGAE ----------------- > > Invocation of <NMAKE.EXE> begins > Invocation string: /f SYSTEM.MAK > > Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 1.01 > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-1989. All rights reserved. > > SYSTEM.MAK(26) : filename 'SystemInit.c' too long; truncating to 8.3 > SYSTEM.MAK(26) : filename '.\SystemInit.c' too long; truncating to 8.3 > SYSTEM.MAK(26) : filename 'D:\FORTRAN\INCLUDE\SystemInit.c' too long; > SYSTEM.MAK(26) : filename 'D:\TOOLKT20\C\OS2H\SystemInit.c' too long; > NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'SystemInit.c' Looks to me like you are running on a FAT partition which doesn't allow more than 8.3 format. Is the real file on the disk systemin.c when you want systeminit.c? Only get that error message on FAT where I used to ignore the characters beyond 8.3, but OS/2 doesn't. -- Michael O. Thompson tommy@msc.cornell.edu Cornell University (607) 255-4714 OS/2: For the few, the proud, the devoted!
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!srvr1.engin.umich.edu!batcomputer!lynx@msc.cornell.edu!tommy From: tommy@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (Mike Thompson,332,54714,2734927) Subject: Re: Long filenames and NMAKE. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.175753.24214@msc.cornell.edu> Originator: tommy@snoopy.msc.cornell.edu Sender: news@msc.cornell.edu Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center References: <1jp9bbINNl19@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:57:53 GMT Lines: 30