Q61619: /MAKE Option Is Invalid with NMAKE

Article: Q61619
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.11   | 1.11
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 25-MAY-1990

On Page 43 of the "Microsoft C Reference" manual for version 6.00,
NMAKE is described as being upwardly compatible with the earlier MAKE
utility through the use of the /MAKE option. Since NMAKE does not
support the /MAKE option, it produces the error "U1065:  Invalid
option 'm'."

To work around this problem, you can either use the earlier MAKE
utility, or use a pseudo-target on the first line of your make file.
The pseudo-target line should read as follows:

   ALL: [target name.exe/obj]

For more information about the differences between MAKE and NMAKE, see
Section 6.9 of the "Microsoft C Advanced Programming Techniques"
manual for version 6.00.

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