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From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren)
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Subject: Re: TURBOC make with command lines > 127 chars - HOW?
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Date: 28 Dec 90 08:50:44 GMT
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marwk@levels.sait.edu.au writes:

>I have a makefile which has:
>OBJS = a.obj b.obj c.obj \
>       (several more files here ...)  \
>       x.obj y.obj z.obj

>$(EFILE):  $(OBJS)
>    tcc  -c -m$(MM)  $(OBJS)


>The tcc line gets converted to:

>    tcc -emain.exe -ms a.obj b.obj ...
>x.obj y.obj z.obj

>and the message
>Fatal: Cammand arguments too long
>appears.

>In the reference manual Appendix D it states that the command line cannot
>be longer than 127 characters a DOS limitation.

>How can I produce the desired exe file using make with this limitation?

  I have always been constrained to doing the damn files one-by-one in
the makefile. I have seen methods such as:

.c.obj:
	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) *.c;

test.obj:   test.c test.h

  etc... but I have never been able to get it to work. If you get any
good information to be able to set it up the "traditional way" please
lemme know. Thanx.


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