Hello, I am having the following problem when running long command lines (4560 characters) from inside of make (using cmd.exe to run make in dos mode): The following character string is too long: -c -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/movaz_ospf -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/components -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticsys/gen -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticsys/os -Ie:/views/work/excsp/smmon/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticl3/ipstack -I e:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticl3/ipstack/ip -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticl3/ipstack/igm p -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticmibs -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticospf/mibospf -Ie:/views/work/excsp/ src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticpol -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/tedb -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/platform -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/utils -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/480SP/h -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/IPifCfg -Ie:/views/work/excsp/s rc/common/h -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/signaling/octpdb -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/constraints -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/constraints/local -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/constraints/path -Ie :/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/constraints/group -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/core -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/topology -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/pce/utilities -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/h -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/h -Ie:/vie ws/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/h -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/SubShelfMgr -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/ConnMgr -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/shelfStartUp -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/comms -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/topology -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS -Ie:/vi ews/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/utils -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/platform/vxworks -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/SNMP -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/MonitorPoint -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/bsps/SBC8260/EXC_SP_vx -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/bsps/SBC8260 -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/c ommon/comms -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/comms -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/Drivers/hdlcBase -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/Drivers/spi/sbc -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/DnLd_Agt -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/FileSys_Mgr -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/Utilities -Ie:/views/work/e xcsp/src/components -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/routing/ospf/aticconf -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/alarm2 -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/alarm2/h -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/ci/project/include -IC:\\views\\tools\\toolbox\\WRS\\torn ado/target/config/comps/src -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/Drivers -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/Drivers/spi -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/common/Drivers/spi/sp -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/MPLS/signaling/rsvp -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/networking /vxworks/h -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/excsp/sonet_sync_star/h -MD -Ie:/views/work/excsp/src/sp/common/SNMP/common/agent/emanate/snmp15.2.1 .1/src/include -IC:/views/tools/toolbox/WRS/tornado/target/h -BC:/views/tools/toolbox/WRS/tornado/host/x86-win32/lib/gcc-lib/ -BC:/views/tools/toolbox/WRS/torn ado/host/x86-win32/bin/ -BC:/views/tools/toolbox/WRS/tornado/host/x86-win32/powerpc-wrs-vxworks/ bin/ -fno-builtin -Wall -DCPU=PPC603 -fvolatile -fno-for-scope -ansi -nostdinc -DRW_MULTI_THREAD -D_REENTRANT -O0 -DPCE_ON -DRSVP_ON -DRSVP_STANDALONE_TEST -DRSVP_OCTDB_ON -DLSM_LOCAL_DB -DRSVP_VXWORKS_ST ACK_WORKAROUND -DLSM_ON -DLSM_STANDALONE_TEST -DRSVP_INCLUDE_LSM -DRSVP_VXWORKS_STACK_WORKAROUND -DDO_BIND -DRSVP_INCLUDE_PROV -DPROV_CLI_ON -DBIG_ENDIAN=1 -DATIC_CORE_CPU=0 -D__PROJECT_ENABLE_CONSOLE__ -DCOMMON_MEM_TRACK_ALLOCS -DCOMMO make: *** [routing/ospf/movaz_ospf/movaz_ospf.o] Error 1 This is using cygwin release 1.3.2: Cygwin DLL version info: dll major: 1003 dll minor: 2 dll epoch: 19 dll bad signal mask: 19005 dll old termios: 5 dll malloc env: 28 api major: 0 api minor: 39 shared data: 3 dll identifier: cygwin1 mount registry: 2 cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions cygwin registry name: Cygwin program options name: Program Options cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix cygdrive default prefix: build date: Wed Jun 20 11:07:38 2001 shared id: cygwin1S3 The previous version of cygwin that I was using does not have this problem: Cygwin DLL version info: dll major: 1001 dll minor: 8 dll epoch: 19 dll bad signal mask: 19005 dll old termios: 5 dll malloc env: 28 api major: 0 api minor: 34 shared data: 3 dll identifier: cygwin1 mount registry: 2 cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions cygwin registry name: Cygwin program options name: Program Options cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix cygdrive default prefix: build date: Wed Jan 31 10:08:38 EST 2001 shared id: cygwin1S3 Is there a command line limit? 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