> > -check: $(OUTS) $(RESS) > > +check: $(OUTS) $(RESS) mdb_command_test.res > > I think it would make more sense to add `mdb_command_test.res' > to the $(RESS) variable. No, it wouldn't. RESS is for .res files which have similarly named executables; there is no executable mdb_command_test. Zoltan.