Re: NewEra nmake problem

In article <3kcb90$9uj@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, alan@po.den.mmc.com (Alan Popiel) wrote: > > The problem with nmake not running inside the Application Builder is > > caused either by your not having the Visual C environment variables > > in your autoexec.bat (copy them from c:/msvc/bin/msvcvar.bat (or similar > > name)) or (as in my case) not having command.com in your path. > > This is a little disturbing. From what you say, it appears that the App > Builder might have a hardcoded reference to command.com in it somewhere. > This could be a problem for those of us who use other command interpreters. > (I use ndos from Norton.) > > Is your COMSPEC set up correctly? Do you have a SHELL= line in your > config.sys? COMSPEC no. (the DOS/WINDOWS manual that came with the PC is utterly appalling, and nobody in the office could quite remember how it's meant to be done - and the NewEra manuals certainly don't say how to do it!) SHELL= yes. --------------------------------------,------------------------------------- Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ Quanta Systems, Auckland, New Zealand | kcbbs.gen.nz:/informix/* | mathcs.emory.edu:/pub/informix/faq/* +64 9 377-4473 (work) 266-6011 (home) | http://www.garpac.com/informix.html