Re: Command line in Windows?

> > CygWin is OK, but it's large and slow. For a faster and smaller
unix-like
> > shell you can consider Msys (from www.mingw.org) or actually Services
for
> > Unix from MS (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/sfu/default.asp). I
myself
> > use GNU make under plain vanilla CMD.EXE. It works fine for me, though
> it's
> > a bit annoying that Xilinx changes the command-line options in every
> single
> > release of their toolchain.
>
> What does 'make' do for you that batch files to run the tools doesn't?
>
> Not being aggressive - just curious in case I am missing out on some
labour
> saving functionality!
>

Not much, since xilinx tools need a complete rebuild of the project if a
single source-file changes. (Due to the 'flattening' of the design.) It buys
some degree of platform independence though. When I gave Linux a try it was
much easier to port my design flow to that platform.

Regards,
Andras Tantos