C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

Nmake.exe — Program Maintenance Utility

Synopsis

nmake [options] [macro=value ...] [targets]

Description

Common utility that scripts building of multiple components and source files and tracks rebuild dependency information. If a target is not specified, Nmake looks for a target called all.

Options

/@ file

Specifies a response file containing arguments to nmake.

/?, /help

Displays usage information and exits.

/a

Build all targets, even if they are up-to-date.

/b

Builds if timestamps are equal.

/c

Suppresses output messages.

/d

Displays build information.

/e

Overrides environment variable macros.

/f makefile

Specifies a makefile. The default is Makefile in the current directory.

/i

Ignores command exit codes. Continues building even if an error occurs in an external program, such as a compiler.

/k

If an error occurs while building a target, /k causes nmake to continue building other targets.

/n

Displays commands, but does not actually execute them.

/nologo

Suppresses display of the banner and copyright messages.

/p

Displays nmake settings and information about the current makefile.

/q

Checks time stamps, but does not perform the build.

/r

Ignores predefined rules. (Compare the output of nmake /pq to the output of nmake /p).

/s

Suppresses display of commands as they are executed.

/t

Changes timestamps, but does not perform the build

/u

Dumps inline files.

/y

Disables batch mode.

/x file

Sends all standard error messages to file.

See Also

Managing Projects with make, by Andrew Oram ...