From: s2172184@cse.unsw.edu.au ("Ben Constable") Subject: Re: Calling "del" from makefile's using MAKE 17 Jan 1997 11:23:09 -0800 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <970117051553.3616.cygnus.gnu-win32@cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: "Simon Stebbing" , "'gnu-win32@cygnus.com'" X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > I've had a problem calling the commands built-in to command.com under > NT4.0, 'del' is one such example. I assume this is because there is no > such > thing as del.com or del.exe, and make doesn't call it's commands via > command.com. Just a small thing: command.com does not exist in NT. It is called CMD.EXE, and it is totally different to command.com. Try doing a "cmd del" and seeing if that works... Ben Constable s2172184@cse.unsw.edu.au - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".