Re: [expert] makefile problems

2002-05-31 Thread John Haywood
On Tuesday 28 May 2002 14:45, you wrote: DrJung,   Does this mean I can now teach him that it's slash not forward slash? *grin* Nope... ... it's slash*dot* G -- john in sydney = Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel version: 2.4.17-5mdk Uptime: 2 days 7

[expert] makefile problems

2002-05-27 Thread Kevin Fonner
In a make file that I have, I have the line... include ..\..\examples\common.make I then get the error makefile:18: ..\..\examples\common.make: No such file or directory Does linux not like this syntax (..\..\)for moving backwards through directories? Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] makefile problems

2002-05-27 Thread KevinO
Kevin Fonner wrote: Does linux not like this syntax (..\..\)for moving backwards through directories? No, those are back-slashes. Linux uses forward-slashes '/' ie : ../../../ will work to bring you up 3 levels .. - Kevin O'Connor People will be free to devote themselves to activities

Re: [expert] makefile problems

2002-05-27 Thread James
On Mon, 27 May 2002 14:18:11 -0400 Kevin Fonner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a make file that I have, I have the line... include ..\..\examples\common.make I then get the error makefile:18: ..\..\examples\common.make: No such file or directory Does linux not like this syntax

Re: [expert] makefile problems

2002-05-27 Thread Kevin Fonner
oops! It's funny how the simplest things stump you at times! KevinO wrote: Kevin Fonner wrote: Does linux not like this syntax (..\..\)for moving backwards through directories? No, those are back-slashes. Linux uses forward-slashes '/' ie : ../../../ will work to bring you up 3

Re: [expert] makefile problems

2002-05-27 Thread J. Craig Woods
James wrote: Someone correct me if I'm wrong but ..\..\ is windows and ../../ is Unix. James It is exceedingly difficult to correct you when you are right. It would appear that the original poster for this thread is a windows' user making the switch to Linux. Hooray for him! drjung

Re: [expert] makefile problems

2002-05-27 Thread James
On Mon, 27 May 2002 20:00:03 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James wrote: Someone correct me if I'm wrong but ..\..\ is windows and ../../ is Unix. James It is exceedingly difficult to correct you when you are right. It would appear that the original poster