Re: Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-17 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:48:07 +0200 > From: Bostjan Mihoric > > I thought the problem was with the temporary folder under > CSIDL_PROFILE. The TEMP environment variable is set to it as a side > effect. But you seem to be saying that no matter which folder TEMP > points at, tha

Re: Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-17 Thread Bostjan Mihoric
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:14:37 +0200 > > From: Bostjan Mihoric > > > > Redirecting the temporary folder doesn't work in this case. > > Sorry, I'm probably missing something here. What exactly is a > definition of a "temporary folder" fo

Re: Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-17 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:14:37 +0200 > From: Bostjan Mihoric > > Redirecting the temporary folder doesn't work in this case. Sorry, I'm probably missing something here. What exactly is a definition of a "temporary folder" for this purpose? IOW, in which folders are you not allowed to invoke

Re: Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-17 Thread Bostjan Mihoric
Ooops, sorry about that. Was not paying attention to what gmail removed. Anyway, that's the problem. Redirecting the temporary folder doesn't work in this case. Thanks. On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > [Please keep the list address on the CC, so that it gets archived, a

Re: Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-16 Thread Eli Zaretskii
[Please keep the list address on the CC, so that it gets archived, and seen by others.] Resending to the list. > Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:06:01 +0200 > From: Bostjan Mihoric > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:45:23 +0200 > > Fro

Re: Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-15 Thread Eli Zaretskii
> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 19:45:23 +0200 > From: Bostjan Mihoric > > Even if we ignore the impact this can have on (SSD) drive wear (doing a lot of > big compilations), I don't think this is a real problem. There are systems out there which have the page file on an SSD disk, and still the disk r

Problematic temporary BAT files

2014-10-15 Thread Bostjan Mihoric
Hello, I have noticed that Make 4.0+ works a bit differently than Make 3.80. When encountering command prompt (cmd.exe) built-in commands (such as "del") or redirection, it will generate a batch (BAT) file in the temporary folder and execute it. While I see what is being achieved here, there are p