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Q60867: Looking for Files in Different Directories

Article: Q60867
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.01,1.1,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.2,1.3,1.4; NT:1.4,1.5; OS/2:1.01,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.21
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Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS, versions 1.01, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, versions 1.01, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21 
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for Windows NT, versions 1.4, 1.5 
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SUMMARY
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If you use the "directory search" feature in NMAKE by specifying the name of the
directory in curly braces ({}), subsequent dependency rules cannot infer the
location of the specified files.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following makefile example demonstrates this confusion.

     test.exe: {c:\obj}test.obj

        link c:\obj\test.obj graphics.lib;

     test.obj: test.c test.h

        cl /c /Foc:\obj\test.obj test.c

If TEXT.EXE were up to date with C:\OBJ\TEST.OBJ but TEST.C or TEST.H was not up
to date with TEST.OBJ, NMAKE would not build any files because C:\OBJ\TEST.OBJ
does not have any dependencies. The TEST.OBJ dependency line refers only to the
current directory. To work around this situation, modify the code to include the
following line:

     c:\obj\test.obj: test.c test.h

Then, if TEST.C or TEST.H changed, NMAKE would update C:\OBJ\TEST.OBJ and
TEST.EXE.

Additional query words: kbinf 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.50

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbNMAKESearch kbNMAKE101DOS kbNMAKE110DOS kbNMAKE111DOS kbNMAKE112DOS kbNMAKE113DOS kbNMAKE120DOS kbNMAKE130DOS kbNMAKE140DOS kbNMAKE101OS2 kbNMAKE111OS2 kbNMAKE112OS2 kbNMAKE113OS2 kbNMAKE121OS2 kbNMAKE140NT kbNMAKE150NT
Version           : MS-DOS:1.01,1.1,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.2,1.3,1.4; NT:1.4,1.5; OS/2:1.01,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.21

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