Re: [Mingw-users] weird path conversion with 'make'

[Greg C. <gch...@sb...>]

On 2011-07-02 01:26Z, Nathan Ridge wrote:
> 
> Thanks for your reply, Greg.
> 
>> > Note that while I have MSYS installed on my system, I am using a regular Windows command
>> > prompt, not MSYS, and I am using mingw32-make, not MSYS make.
>> 
>> 'make' detects 'sh.exe' on the PATH. If you don't want it to use
>> the MSYS shell, then take MSYS off the PATH.
> 
> Is there a way to disable this "feature" (perhaps with a command-line switch)?

Put this in your makefile:
  SHELL = /path/to/CMD.EXE

> I like MSYS being in my path (I use ls, grep, etc. from the windows command line 
> all the time), but I need to make non-MSYS makefiles.
> 
> I have been using this arrangement for a long time and I had no problems with it, 
> because I used the gcc compiler which didn't have any switches that look like paths 
> to MSYS.

Try doubling the slashes, e.g.:
  cl //c //O2 "src\test.cpp"