### Supply Commands to the Make Utility from a Response File

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 /s option
- the macro definition "program=flash"
- the targets sort.exe and search.exe
- the makefile called makefile, by default

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.

Define a Make Utility Macro

Modify Commands
Supply Commands to the Make Utility from the Command Line

Make Utility Command Options