Netbeans 8.1 gives a bad command line option to cygwin mktemp

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I have typed out a long and detailed edition of this problem over HERE[^] with no response after ten hours, and ten people viewing it.

Apparently, NetBeans is giving the CygWin make utility (known as mktemp) an unknown option, specifically, "--f",

At this moment I have been unable to guess where that syntax is defined, or how to change it.

Alms for the clueless are welcomed.

Here is a cut and paste from the output window in NetBeans...

cd 'C:\Users\MURPHY\Documents\NetBeansProjects\FRED_CPP'
C:\cygwin64\bin\mktemp.exe -f Makefile CONF=Debug
mktemp: unknown option -- f
Try '/usr/bin/mktemp --help' for more information.

BUILD FAILED (exit value 1, total time: 204ms)

What I have tried:

I've poked around the NetBeans IDE.

I have looked for a place where the syntax of mkdir might be defined

So far, haven't found it.

I opened a command window and typed "mkdir --help" to see what suggestions he might provide on his own. the "--f" appears to be the entire problem.

Posted 11-Aug-16 0:01am

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Updated 11-Aug-16 22:28pm

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Richard MacCutchan 11-Aug-16 6:42am

You should report this to Netbeans.

Richard MacCutchan 12-Aug-16 4:45am

Why do you type mkdir --help, when the command in error is clearly mktemp. And as already suggested, you need to report this to Netbeans, we cannot fix their software.

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2016-08-11T22:28:00

Not really an answer but I hope it helps (and posting such a long text as unformatted comment makes it rather unreadable).

Quote:
NetBeans is giving the CygWin make utility (known as mktemp)

and

Quote:
mktemp.exe -f Makefile CONF=Debug

does not match.

It seems that the NetBeans IDE is using the wrong command here. The "-f Makefile" parameter indicates that a make utility should be executed (e.g. the GNU make). But mktmp is not a make utility (from 'man mktemp'):

Quote:
mktemp - create a temporary file or directory
...
Create a temporary file or directory, safely, and print its name.

So you should report this to NetBeans as already suggested by Richard.