Make does not deal with backslashes very well at all. This is discussed already in the README.W32 file, etc.
It is a known issue but one for which there is no trivial solution: backslashes in UNIX (and make) typically are escape characters. I will give you the same advice that the README files, etc. do: don't use backslashes, use forward slashes. Almost all Windows programs will work with both. The only exception is COMMAND.COM programs, and you can work around that either by translating them in the command script (with subst, probably), or getting w32 versions of programs that do the same thing (maybe Cygnus UNIX tools for Windows, for example). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.paulandlesley.org/gmake/ "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
