How do I define nmake macro from command line output?

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Published on 2010-04-26T19:01:25Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 19:03 UTC
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I'd like to capture the output from a tool from the command line into an nmake macro.

If this were a normal command line script, it would look like this:

> MyTool.exe > output.txt
> set /P MyVariable=<output.txt
> echo %MyVariable%

However, I can't seem to find anything relevant in the nmake doc on macros that is relevant.

This is basically what I'd like to do, though:

target:
    @call MyTool.exe > output.txt
    # This doesn't work in .mak, unfortunately. Help!
    @MyVariable=<output.txt

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