> > From: Aaron Shatters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ########################################## > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > P:\>echo"" > > 'echo""' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > operable program or batch file. > > I don't know what is happening on your system, because `echo""' works > for me (on Windows XP) as it does for Dave. It works both from the > Command Prompt window and from within a Makefile if I first say > SHELL=cmd.exe in it and run MinGW compiled Make 3.81.
Dunno about others, but I can confirm Aaron's results here. Echo"" does NOT work from the command line, and I'm using XP Pro SP2. ########################################## Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. D:\Documents and Settings\khuntington>echo"" 'echo""' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. D:\Documents and Settings\khuntington>echo" 'echo"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. D:\Documents and Settings\khuntington>echo. D:\Documents and Settings\khuntington> ########################################## Obviously some differences in behavior amongst different systems, but I have no idea what. As you can see above, I also tried with just a single double-quote, with the same failure, and finally did the "echo." test for sanity. FWIW, I happen to agree with Aaron that it would be a nice thing to have Make support this odd CMD.EXE behavior, since Make already goes out of its way to support many of the other internal CMD.EXE commands. Keith _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list Make-w32@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
