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Win2K command shell


From: Bijal Shah
Subject: Win2K command shell
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:51:31 -0000

I don't know if anyone will be able to help me since I run "apparently" an
unusal combination - I use GNU make with vanilla Windows CMD.EXE on Windows
NT 4.0.

I have been asked to ensure that the build system I developed will work
under Windows 2000. Normally, I would say this should be quite
straight-forward but there appears to have been a change between the Windows
NT and the Windows 2000 versions of CMD.EXE. Basically, the command line
utilities now return error codes which can cause a build to fail where it
worked fine under Windows NT 4.0. The specific instance I have identified
thus far is the use of "DEL". This will now return an error if no files were
found for it to delete.

While not strictly a GNU make issue, I was wondering if anyone else had gone
through this and whether there was either documentation available on the
"new" CMD.EXE or if anyone has workarounds they can share.

Many thanks,
Bijal

Bijal Shah
CM Manager
Mediabright Limited




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