hello everyone,

I had a HP-UX, i am trying to find the make version ,but it is displaying the error i.e
make -v
Make: Unknown flag argument v. Stop.
make -version
Make: Unknown flag argument v. Stop.
make --version
Make: Unknown flag argument -. Stop.
make -V
Make: Unknown flag argument V. Stop.


but actually make is existing in the path
/usr/bin/make


in the same machine gmake also got installed and it is displaying the version.

gmake -v
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This program built for hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11


what is the problem ,why the machine is throughing the error.

can somebody help me regarding this error.

any help appriciated.

with regards,
sri

Old software often does not support a --version option. Try look at the binary with strings | less or if you have a what command, run that on the binary (meaning the file /usr/bin/make).

Hi,
i suppose you are using the older version of make,use a newer version like above 3.9, you can find in hp site new make of higher version, take the source code or depot file and install it

or search in /usr/local/bin you may have a higher version make inside.it is always better to use the newer one, there exist some noticeable behavioral changes in the older and the newer one.

Best Regards,
Rakesh UV