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From: swh@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (Steve Harrold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Unix-like global expansion in DOS
Message-ID: <11470038@hpsmtc1.HP.COM>
Date: 7 Nov 88 15:24:55 GMT
References: <215@lcuxa.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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Re: Long DOS command lines in makefiles

As stated earlier in this notestring, UNIX makefiles are hard to manage
under MSDOS because the long command lines often encountered in UNIX
get truncated by DOS to 128 characters.  The work-around is to use manually
created "response" files, but these are hard to keep in sync with various
make macros such as the commonly used $(OBJS).

There is a DOS make product named OPUS Professional Make that handles
this automatically.  When a command line to invoke "link", "lib" or any other
user-designated program is longer than 128 characters (after macro
substitution), the OPUS program creates a temporary response file and feeds
THAT to the intended program.  There is no special user involvement in 
using this "workaround"; he simply manages his makefiles as if they had
infinitely long command lines.

Another bonus is that a "mkmf" program is included that allows you to 
automatically generate the dependencies in the makefile, directly from
the source files.

Their address is: OPUS Software
		  1468 8th Ave.
		  San Francisco, CA 94122

UUCP:	...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller

My only association with the product is that of a satisfied user.
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