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Re: HELP - LegOS for Windows
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lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 20:59:04 GMT
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"Rossz Vámos-Wentworth" <rossw@jps.net> wrote in message
news:FpACn3.FLt@lugnet.com...
> Ian Meikle <ian_meikle@nospam.attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:3895DF1C.5D99B311@nospam.attglobal.net...
> > What does djecho do ??
> > Can I replace it with another utility ??
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> DJECHO simply echos the line to the file. It's special in that the Make
> program can transfer very long command lines to it via a buffer. This • gets
> by the command line length limit when working in a DOS shell. If you • aren't
> using the Make program that is included in the package, then you can • remove
> DJECHO:
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> DJECHO -O response " blah blah blah"
> $(STUFF) @response
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> becomes
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> $(STUFF) blah blah blah
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> All of the DJGPP programs in the package have this capability. If I ever
> get the time to port the cross compiler using the DJGPP tools, it would • make
> using legOS on Windows a trivial matter.
Why are you using the 16-bit (DOS) DJGPP tools under Windows NT instead of
the Cygwin 32-bit stuff? You won't run into any of these command line
length headaches when using the 32-bit shell and tools.
alex
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 | | Re: HELP - LegOS for Windows
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| (...) The DJGPP tools are 32-bit. It's a limitation of the DOS shell (COMMAND.COM & CMD.EXE) that is the problem. Cygwin doesn't have a command line limit problem, but it has its own unique headaches. Read the number of posts of people trying to get (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| | Re: HELP - LegOS for Windows
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| Ian Meikle <ian_meikle@nospam.a...lobal.net> wrote in message news:3895DF1C.5D99B3...bal.net... (...) DJECHO simply echos the line to the file. It's special in that the Make program can transfer very long command lines to it via a buffer. This gets (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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