RE: Attn Dennis Jones: CVS Windows Build, Visual C++ Project Files

[Conrad T. Pino]

Hi Dennis,

> From: Dennis Jones [mailto:djones@oregon.com]
> 
> Boy, that's going to tough on Windows.  Windows shell scripts are a pain,
> and probably not a very good choice for automated file manipulation (they're
> not much more than a batch file).  However, Perl is available for Windows,
> and there's almost nothing to do for installation (just put the perl.exe
> somewhere in the path).  Since it will only need to be run by perhaps who
> would modify/commit the project files, I don't see that as a particularly
> bad option.

I like your Perl suggestion.  I don't know Perl but it's acceptance and
wide availability for Windows is attractive.

Windows "cmd.exe" is crude as a scripting tool but it's good enough when
combined with Perl to cover the cases I'm aware of so far:

File "cvsnt.dep" contains multiple instances of:

   "c:\program files\microsoft visual studio\vc98\include\basetsd.h"\

File "lib/libdiff.mak" contains multiple instances of:

   cd "\Conrad\Projects\ccvs 1.12\LIB"

> - Dennis

Thanks,

Conrad