Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 20:49 +, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > There is a de facto standard solution to this problem, which is that a > command line argument of the form "@file" causes arguments to be read from > "file" (a "response file") if it exists. (If "file" doesn't exist, > "@file" is take

RE: Ping Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-18 Thread Dave Korn
On 18 March 2007 20:49, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > Ping. Any views on this patch or the principle of this feature > ? > I think it's eminently sensible. The @-file is increasingly a standard convention. cheers, DaveK

Ping Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-18 Thread Joseph S. Myers
Ping. Any views on this patch or the principle of this feature ? On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > Sometimes you wish to invoke a program with too many or too long arguments > to fit in ARG_MAX. For example, I have a