On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 12:57:58AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >(CP) = \cp > > > >install: $(PROGS) > > $(CP) $(PROGS) $(INSTBINDIR) > > > >\cp nda.exe mtk.exe sda.exe /home/mast/CYGMOD/bin > >make: \cp: Command not found > > The above is not valid makefile syntax but if I make obvious > corrections, I get the same thing on Linux. I don't know what you were > expecting \cp to be translated to, but it shouldn't, IMO, be interpreted > as a MS-DOS path.
Within a shell, one may also use \command to override an alias. Either way, Makefile isn't a shell so it's bogus there. -cl -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/