Date: Fri, 18 Feb 94 09:59:06 -0500
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To: mcastle AT umr DOT edu
Cc: turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: ndmake and @ (my 10 yen's worth)

> From dj's post, I *assume* that system() (or is it spawn() now?) now
> automagically does this as well?

exec*() and spawn*() in libc.a automatically detect other go32
programs and pass them long command lines using their private protocol.

> environment variables....  So actually.. go32 programs supports 3 methods
> of getting arguments:  command line, response files, and this gnumake
> method of using environment variables...

Four.  You forgot !proxy, which stub and exec() use.  The environment
method is officially called "the gnuish-dos method", since it's
supported by all programs ported by that project.  djgpp programs
support that method, but never generate it.