On 19 Sep 2002 at 1:18, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
Prof. A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:
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I have now checked the compile log again, and I can see that the entire command line contains about 273 characters. Perhaps we have come across a DOS limitation here? I seem to remember that DOS (or command.com) has some limits in respect of how long a command line can be (128 characters?). If this is the problem, then I don't know what one can do about it.
I don't suppose it's that, since Maurice said that omitting the `c:' helps. That certainly doesn't bring the length below 128. ;-)
No, this was a red herring.
I know that DJGPP uses some ways around this limit when one DJGPP program calls another one. I don't know if/what mingw does, or if the limit exists at all under Windows. Someone might want to try it, but I guess if the limit really applied, this would have been noticed much earlier.
Correct. The problem is with front slashes (or so it seems).
Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~African_Chief email: African_Chief@bigfoot.com