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Re: Compatibility problem: Cygwin make and makefile filename case
- To: Frank Ellert <fe at koma dot free dot de>
- Subject: Re: Compatibility problem: Cygwin make and makefile filename case
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:27:11 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
--- Frank Ellert <fe@koma.free.de> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I'm no MS-Windows expert. All I can tell you:
>
> a) If you call a makefile "Makefile", zip and unzip it on Windows
> 98, DJGPP ls shows it as "Makefile" and Cygnus make finds it.
> All fine.
>
> b) If you call a makefile "makefile", zip and unzip it on Windows
> 98, DJGPP ls shows it as "makefile" but Cygnus make doesn't find
> it. Trouble. (DJGPP make finds it.)
>
> In b) dir shows the file as "MAKEFILE". You can of course rename the
> file to "makefile" ("mv MAKEFILE foo; mv foo makefile") and then
> Cygnus make is able to find it.
>
So, if I had a Cygwin compatible unarchiver would it name the file makefile
instead of MAKEFILE? Most likely, yes. The real issue here is the means by
which you unarchive the file.
Cheers,
=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
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