To provide commands to the Make utility with a response file, type
nmake @responsefile
In the responsefile field, enter the name of a file containing the same information as is normally entered on the command line.
Response file example
The following is a response file called update:
/s "program \
= flash" sort.exe search.exe
To use this response file, you type:
nmake @update
This runs the Make utility using:
The Make utility treats line breaks that occur between arguments as spaces. Macro definitions can span multiple lines if you end each line except the last with a backslash (\) as in the example. Macro definitions that contain spaces must be enclosed by quotation marks, just as if they were entered directly on the command line.
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Modify Commands
Supply Commands to
the Make Utility from the Command Line