From: dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de
Subject: RE: Calling "del" from makefile's using MAKE
16 Jan 1997 20:38:57 -0800
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Hi, you wrote:

: Is there a syntax to indeed call 'del' from within a makefile, without
: having to
: write my own "del.exe" or calling any other 'del' equivalent (like rm)?

Using the cygwin suite you could actually call rm. Are you deleting hundreds
of files one by one instead of all at once (like *.tmp)?
Assuming the same makefile doesn't have to work unmodified on unix also,
you could try: ${COMPSPEC} /c del what.ever ...
Or is it $(COMPSEC)?


Bye, Heribert (dahms@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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