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- From: gmribeir@david.wheaton.edu (Glauber)
- Subject: Re: Summary: P.D. MAKE for msdos
- Message-ID: <1992Aug16.180833.1734@wheaton.wheaton.edu>
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- References: <1992Aug11.060205.18285@vpnet.chi.il.us> <1992Aug13.052930.19832@druid.uucp>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 18:08:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug13.052930.19832@druid.uucp> darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
- >glauber@vpnet.chi.il.us (Glauber Ribeiro) writes:
- >> [Re: Gnuish Make]
- >> Second catch is, there is an irritating inconsistency in
- >>dealing with the backslash. You normally have to use 2 backslashes
- >>instead of 1 (e.g,: c:\\dos\\edit instead of c:\dos\edit). UNLESS
- >>the backslash appears on a line that is an internal messydos
- >>command (e.g.: "dir c:\dos\*.*" is correct). Moreover, it doesn't
- >
- >Have you tried using the forward slash?
-
- I will, and if it works i will tell. But i suspect that
- the DOS programs won't be happy.
-
-
- >
- >>recognize "cls" as a valid msdos command (use "command /c cls",
- >>instead). If you can live with these booboos, you will love this
- >>program.
- >
- >Why not create a "clear.bat" and use clear instead of cls? simpler
- >and also compatible with the Unix command.
-
- One more batch file, etc. I'm trying to make this as
- self-contained as possible. command /c cls works just the same.
-
- Glauber
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- Glauber Ribeiro - Wheaton College, IL (USA)
- glauber@david.wheaton.edu
- glauber@vpnet.chi.il.us
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