Re: gnumake, windows and backslashes

[Earnie Boyd]

address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using gnumake 3.77 or 3.79.1 under Windows 2000 and the following
> problem occurs:
>
> When make calls my compiler (via process_begin), all the backslashes in the
> command have gone. The command is printed correctly with all the
> backslashes in place, but the compiler is called without them.
>
> Unfortunately  I can't use slashes because my compiler doesn't like them.

Sounds like you need a new compiler! :)  Seriously, there is no reason 
for your compiler to enforce the backslash directory delimiter rule. 
All of the functions provided by MS accept a forward slash for directory 
delimiter.

> What can I do to get my backslashes in place?

Use two backslashes.

> Here's a part of my makefile:
> --- cut here ---
> AS = as308
> AFLAGS = -Oobj
>
> # Assemble
> obj\ncrt0.r30 : asm\ncrt0.a30

obj\\ncrt0.r30 : asm\\ncrt0.a30

Earnie.
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