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Re: why does command echo \\\foobar print \\foobar


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: why does command echo \\\foobar print \\foobar
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:20:33 +0200

> From: "Mark Galeck (CW)" <address@hidden>
> CC: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:00:48 -0800
> Accept-Language: en-US
> acceptlanguage: en-US
> 
> No, I make sure I am using cmd.exe, the full makefile is:
> 
> SHELL=cmd.exe 
> 
> foobar:
>               echo \\\foobar

This works for me: I see

    echo \\\foobar
    \\\foobar

as I'd expect with cmd.exe's built-in `echo'.

Can you show what Make displays when you invoke it with the above
Makefile and with the -d command-line switch?




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