Long command lines for makefiles

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Hi,

We have a makefile that builds our product. Unfortunately the length of the build command has grown too large and we now get "The command line is too long." error.

Any one know how to get around this one?

Thanks.

Posted 8-Mar-10 5:02am

RichardS

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Most 'Makes' also allow you to specify your command line arguments in a separate file and pass it as an argument to make.

The same applies to most compilers/linkers and other tools. Instead of specifying all the flags and include paths on the commandline of the said tool, put them in a file.

Posted 8-Mar-10 16:05pm

r.ps

Updated 8-Mar-10 22:12pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-08T06:37:00

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I hate to point out the obvious but the error message is telling you what you need to do. Find a way to split your build into smaller sub-projects and build them independently.

Posted 8-Mar-10 6:37am

Richard MacCutchan