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From: SCEE Developer Support <dev_support@interactive.sony.com>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.gnu_compiler
Subject: Re: gcc DOS line length limit
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 11:11:38 +0100
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Alex Amsel wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 12:21:35 +0100, SCEE Developer Support
> <ps_yaroze@interactive.sony.com> did quoth at me:
> 
> >You can split a long line over several lines using the '\'
> >ie line1 \
> >line2 \
> >line3 \
> >line4
> 
> That is just in the makefile though isn't it. It won't help get around
> the command line limits inposed by DOS itself.
> 
> * Alex Amsel * Into Beyond Web Design & JAVA Programming *
> * http://www.intobeyond.com  *  WWFC Utter Rubbish 1996-7*
> MM - "Steve Corica is every bit as good as that Kinkladze"


You're right that the backslash is for long lines in a GNU makefile.

Can you tell me why you want over 160 characters of DOS command
line? What operations of that character-length
can be better done on command line than in a makefile?

Lewis