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Re: The "make" command and file handle problem
- From: "Johan Bezem" <jbezem at csksoftware dot com>
- To: Andrew Chang <awc at bitmover dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 10:23:13 +0200
- Subject: Re: The "make" command and file handle problem
- Organization: CSK Software AG
- References: <200207090501.g6951Mo14832@etp1.bitmover.com>
- Reply-to: CygWin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Hi,
Andrew Chang wrote:
>
> On cygwin1.3.12-1, I am running a multi-level makefile.
> For some reason the top level make seems corrupt the file handle
> of the its sub-process. (redirected i/o no longer works in the sub-process).
> Note that my top level makefile is a very complex makefile, it probably
> works fine if you have a simple makefile.
> Fortunately, I stumble across a workaround; It turns out if you spawn
> the lower level make via the DOS shell, the problem goes away.
>
> e.g.
>
> low_level_target:
> cd sub_dir && cmd /c make low_level_stuff;
>
> Hope this will save someone sometime...
Without further data as to used versions, this will hardly help anyone. I'm
using a "very complex makefile" (whatever that is) on multiple directory
levels under bash, and I have no problems...
How did you deduce that make is corrupting a file handle?
Regards,,
Johan Bezem
CSK Software AG
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