--- a/hotspot/make/windows/get_msc_ver.sh	Wed Jul 05 16:59:55 2017 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/make/windows/get_msc_ver.sh	Tue Mar 16 17:47:03 2010 -0600
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #  
 #
 
+set -e
+
 # This shell script echoes "MSC_VER=<munged version of cl>"
 # It ignores the micro version component.
 # Examples:
@@ -38,17 +40,19 @@
 # sh, and it has been found that sometimes `which sh` fails.
 
 if [ "x$HotSpotMksHome" != "x" ]; then
- MKS_HOME="$HotSpotMksHome"
+  TOOL_DIR="$HotSpotMksHome"
 else
- SH=`which sh`
- MKS_HOME=`dirname "$SH"`
+  # HotSpotMksHome is not set so use the directory that contains "sh".
+  # This works with both MKS and Cygwin.
+  SH=`which sh`
+  TOOL_DIR=`dirname "$SH"`
 fi
 
-HEAD="$MKS_HOME/head"
-ECHO="$MKS_HOME/echo"
-EXPR="$MKS_HOME/expr"
-CUT="$MKS_HOME/cut"
-SED="$MKS_HOME/sed"
+HEAD="$TOOL_DIR/head"
+ECHO="$TOOL_DIR/echo"
+EXPR="$TOOL_DIR/expr"
+CUT="$TOOL_DIR/cut"
+SED="$TOOL_DIR/sed"
 
 if [ "x$FORCE_MSC_VER" != "x" ]; then
   echo "MSC_VER=$FORCE_MSC_VER"
@@ -70,7 +74,10 @@
 if [ "x$FORCE_LINK_VER" != "x" ]; then
   echo "LINK_VER=$FORCE_LINK_VER"
 else
-  LINK_VER_RAW=`link 2>&1 | "$HEAD" -n 1 | "$SED" 's/.*Version[\ ]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
+  # use the "link" command that is co-located with the "cl" command
+  cl_cmd=`which cl`
+  cl_dir=`dirname $cl_cmd`
+  LINK_VER_RAW=`$cl_dir/link 2>&1 | "$HEAD" -n 1 | "$SED" 's/.*Version[\ ]*\([0-9][0-9.]*\).*/\1/'`
   LINK_VER_MAJOR=`"$ECHO" $LINK_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f1`
   LINK_VER_MINOR=`"$ECHO" $LINK_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f2`
   LINK_VER_MICRO=`"$ECHO" $LINK_VER_RAW | "$CUT" -d'.' -f3`