Re: [Dev-C++] environment variables - nmake

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

Thank you all. I have been setting it on windows 2000 by right-clicking My 
Computer and using the environment variables there (setting the path 
correctly).

Thanks!
Daniel


>From: Luigi Santillo <gi...@li...>
>To: "Daniel Glenfield" <sp...@ho...>
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] environment variables - nmake
>Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 07:06:28 +0200
>
>At 17:38 19/05/02 +0100, Daniel Glenfield wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>apparently, according to some instructions I have for some software, to
>>clean superfluous files from a specific directory I go to the command
>>prompt and change to it (using cd C:\Program Files\XYZ), then I type nmake
>>clean to clear the files.
>>HOWEVER all I'm getting is an error message telling me that nmake is not
>>an internal or external command.
>>I think it's because my environment variables are not set up, or that the
>>"path" has not been set, but I'm confused. Can anyone shed some light on 
>>this?
>>
>>Daniel
>
>Hi Daniel
>
>"nmake" should be the Microsoft version of "make".
>
>It looks like you have a file named "C:\Program Files\XYZ\makefile", which
>contains a target "clean". The command "nmake clean" is asking to make that
>target. This generally means deleting object files.
>
>Now, you said nothing about your OS. I have Win98SE, and I'll describe
>things assuming you too have Win98SE, things should be similar on other
>Windows (but I can't try).
>
>Here are possible causes of the error:
>
>1. program "nmake" is not installed
>(try to locate "nmake.exe" on your system, it should be in
>"c:\your_compiler\bin).
>
>2. the directory with "nmake" is not listed in your path
>(open a DOS box and type "path", you should see, among other directories
>the one where "nmake" lives)
>
>If you do have "nmake", and it is not in your path, the way to fix this is:
>  - open a DOS box,
>  - type: "path = %path%;c:\directory_where_nmake_is"
>
>Note that the above change, in the "path" environmental variable, only
>affects the DOS box you are working in, it is lost when you exit it. If you
>need it permanently:
>- open the file "c:\autoexec.bat" using a text editor (like notepad)
>- locate the line: "path=c:\a_directory;c:\another_directory"
>- append to that line ";c:\directory_where_nmake_is"
>- save the file
>- restart your computer.
>
>To check if the change has actually been made, open a DOS box and type
>"path", you should see the directory with "nmake" this time.
>
>
>--
>Luigi
>gi...@li...
>


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