Accessing Environment Variables In a Makefile

ID: Q59141

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS, versions 1.01, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, versions 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21
Microsoft NMAKE Utility for Windows NT, versions 1.4, 1.5

You can access environment variables within a MAKE or NMAKE makefile in the same way that you access user-defined macros. The only difference is that the names of environment variables must be capitalized when used in this manner. For example:

# the INCLUDE "macro" will pick up your INCLUDE environment variable

file.obj : file.c $(INCLUDE)\file.h

cl /c /Zi /Od file.c

Additional query words: kbinf 1.10 1.20 1.30 1.40 1.50

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Version : MS-DOS:1.01,1.1,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.2,1.3,1.4; NT:1.4,1.5; OS/2:1.11,1.12,1.13,1.21
Platform : MS-DOS NT OS/2
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