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

[Nathan R. <zer...@ho...>]

> >> > 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

Thanks, that works!

One more question, just out of curiosity: why does the presence of quotes around the path
"src\test.cpp" cause activation of the MSYS path translation feature?

Thanks,
Nate.