Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>,
	<http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Message-Id: <199908180122.UAA04634@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu>
To: Kevin Hill <kevin_hill AT bigfoot DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Make quoted strings problem running from cmd.exe... 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:14:55 +1200."
             <37BA090F DOT C77D49E4 AT bigfoot DOT com> 
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:22:02 -0500
From: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>

Kevin Hill <kevin_hill AT bigfoot DOT com> writes:
> 
> My belief was that the cygwin product was supposed to support both the
> native NT shell and the supplied shells in parallel. Is this true? If it
> is and make does not properly support NT native commands, then Cygwin as
> product has a problem, doesn't it?

Given the inherent design (rather lack thereof!) of CMD/COMMAND, it would 
be hard to make quoting work the same way between Unix-style POSIX shells
and CMD/COMMAND. It's probably a low priority items for folks who work
on these tools, so unless someone does it, it may be a while, if ever.

> If I got hold of a Mygwin version of Make, is it likely to be any
> different? If so, where could I get such a thing, or would I need to
> download the source and attempt to build it myself?

ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/ports/

Regards,
Mumit


--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com