[Mingw-users] [Slightly OT] make and del

[Benoit Goudreault-E. <bg...@cr...>]

>>>>> "bc" == biswapesh chattopadhyay <bis...@bt...> writes:

 bc> Hi all
 bc> Why can't I use the 'del' command from make ? I'm using Mumit's MingW port
 bc> (3.77) and when I say:

 bc> clean:
 bc> 	del *.o *.dll *.exe

 bc> It comes up with 'del: not found'

 bc> Can anyone help ? Will an upgrade to 3.79 solve this problem ?

Upgrade won't help.  The reason this doesn't work is because the
``del'' command is built into command.com (or cmd.exe under
WinNT)... and there's no external equivalent.  On top of that, del
doesn't like having more than one non-switch argument.

You can:

1- Use
	cmd /c del *.o
	cmd /c del *.dll
	cmd /c del *.exe
	(from WinNT/2000)

	OR

	command /c del *.o
	command /c del *.dll
	command /c del *.exe
	(from Win9x/ME)

2- Get an external deletion program, such as rm

3- Use deltree instead of del.  It works on files too.  Pass the /Y
switch to turn off confirmation; however, be careful with it, because
it's like calling rm -r on every filemask you'll pass.

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Benoit Goudreault-Emond -- Reply to: bg...@cr...
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