From: Ian Chapman <ichapman AT mailcity DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem on command line  gnumake, bash and other compilers
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 12:55:24 -0400
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Hi Chet,
	I've thought about using bash in place of command.com, how do you find
it working out other than the present problem.  A lot of hassle or once
you know unix it's a dream come true.

	Regards Ian.

Chet Simpson wrote:
> 
> First, I'm using bash as my shell under DOS and Win95.  I'm having a
> problem with the command line being sent to some executables being
> truncated at 130 characters, primarily when using a compiler other
> than gcc/djgpp.
> 
> The portion in question is simple:
> 
> $(RDIR)/%.r : $(SDIR)/%.cpp
>         $(CC) $(SPECIAL_FLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
> 
> The full command line IS printed to the console, however, only the
> first 130 characters are actually passed to $(CC).  This happens with
> other executables as well, but does not seem to happen with gcc.
> 
> Are there any special shell flags or command line options I can send
> to bash in order to get around this problem?
> 
> ...Chet...