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From: curci@stat.uucp (Ray Curci (scri))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is there a good DOS make, maybe GNU like?
Keywords: make, GNU
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Date: 3 Mar 89 14:02:58 GMT
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In article <562@ppgbms.UUCP> roger@ppgbms (Roger Milliken) writes:
>I'm looking for a decent version of 'Make' for ms-dos.  I've tried both the
>Microsoft and Polytron versions and found both deficient vis-a-vis the UNIX 
>versions (SunOS).  I'm willing to purchase but would prefer trying it first.

There is a version of make available for ms-dos machines called "ndmake".
It is available from simtel20.arpa via anonymous/ftp.  It works a lot better
than Polytron.  It has the ability to specify a list of directories to search
for dependancies using the .vpath command.  I believe the most recent versions
are also smart enough to look inside libraries.  Also, it treats the LINK
and LIB commands as special to avoid the command line length limit of 128
bytes.  When the tag to LINK or LIB is expanded and is over 128 bytes, it
automatically massages the data into a response file and feeds it to LINK or
LIB.  Frankly, I think this program is much better than any comercial product.
If memory serves, this is a shareware-like program.  The author asks for a 
small donation if you plan to use his program.

ray curci
fsu supercomputer institute
curci@nu.cs.fsu.edu,  curci@stat.fsu.edu