Path problems in Makefile

[Hannu E K Nevalainen (garbage mail)]

> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Justin Birtwell

> When referenced in the script all the '\' are removed.

 '\' is "the escape character", compare to how it is used in C/C++ code. 

Try something similar to:

-- 
	$ DEV_ROOT='C:\gnu\emacs-21.2\workspaces'

	$ echo $DEV_ROOT
	C:\gnu\emacs-21.2\workspaces

-- 
	$ DEV_ROOT=C:\\gnu\\emacs-21.2\\workspaces

	$ echo $DEV_ROOT
	C:\gnu\emacs-21.2\workspaces

-- 
	$ DEV_ROOT=`cygpath -u 'C:\gnu\emacs-21.2\workspaces'`

	$ echo $DEV_ROOT

	/cygdrive/c/gnu/emacs-21.2/workspaces
-- 

... where using the last probably will be the least error prone (my guess).


/Hannu E K Nevalainen, Mariefred, Sweden 

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