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I am using mingw64 (on windows 11) to run a makefile but get the following error:

cc -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-overlength-strings -Wno-unknown-warning-option    -O3 prog.c -o prog
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, true, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:431: all] Error 2

A similar questions was asked here: Makefile error make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified

I have cleaned up my path as suggested (and windows restart), however to no avail.

I'm stuck.

tristeleviguild
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    `true` is a POSIX command. It doesn't exist on Windows. This makefile you're trying to use was written for a POSIX system like Linux or MacOS, and can't be run on Windows unless you go change it to work on Windows. – MadScientist Feb 24 '23 at 21:11
  • well, `true` probably does exist in mingw. – user253751 Feb 24 '23 at 22:28

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This answer on the linked question worked for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46816749/121921

If you have git installed then you likely have a <git>\usr\bin folder which contains a full set of utilities you are likely to need and which can be invoked from CMD, PowerShell or sh (which make is most likely using). mingw64 will have its own \usr\bin directory I expect.

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