Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 12:15:31 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Can not run GNU make on NT!
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On 13 Jun 2000, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> > When I run make program the error message is :
> > "make.exe : *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop"
> > but the directory I run the  make command  have a makefile.
> 
> One possible reason: the file named 'makefile' may be invisible under
> that name, for a DOS application, due to NT's lack for LFN support.
> DJGPP applications might see that file under the name 'makefi~1' or
> some similarly cryptic short alias filename.

`makefile' is only 8 characters, so NT reports it intact to DOS
programs.