I've just upgraded from v0.62 to the latest, in the hope that -o would have been extended. What I was after was a way to specify the output filename of a compile-only, in other words rather than dmd BLAH.D always producing BLAH.OBJ I wanted it to produce BLAH.DBJ. That way I could keep debug and release object files in the same directories, which meant that I could take advantage of suffix rules in my makefile, which meant a lot less timing (and a simpler makefile generator script).

When I typed dmd on the new version I was very excited to see

"  -oobjdir       write object files to directory objdir
  -o filename    name output file
"

so typed dmd BLAH.D -o BLAH.DBJ (<= note the space between -o and BLAH.DBJ)

only to be told that it could not create BLAH.DBJ\BLAH.OBJ.

Bah!

Any chance of this being fixed to work in the way I had intended? (Or have I missed something important ... ?)

Matthew

Why not just skip the space and write -oblah.dbj?

"Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:bdjagq$3p$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I've just upgraded from v0.62 to the latest, in the hope that -o would
have
> been extended. What I was after was a way to specify the output filename
of
> a compile-only, in other words rather than dmd BLAH.D always producing BLAH.OBJ I wanted it to produce BLAH.DBJ. That way I could keep debug and release object files in the same directories, which meant that I could
take
> advantage of suffix rules in my makefile, which meant a lot less timing
(and
> a simpler makefile generator script).
>
> When I typed dmd on the new version I was very excited to see
>
> "  -oobjdir       write object files to directory objdir
>   -o filename    name output file
> "
>
> so typed dmd BLAH.D -o BLAH.DBJ (<= note the space between -o and
BLAH.DBJ)
>
> only to be told that it could not create BLAH.DBJ\BLAH.OBJ.
>
> Bah!
>
> Any chance of this being fixed to work in the way I had intended? (Or have
I
> missed something important ... ?)
>
> Matthew
>
>

I think I tried that, and it failed. I'll have to check again.

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:bdqimr$1dq7$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Why not just skip the space and write -oblah.dbj?
>
> "Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:bdjagq$3p$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I've just upgraded from v0.62 to the latest, in the hope that -o would
> have
> > been extended. What I was after was a way to specify the output filename
> of
> > a compile-only, in other words rather than dmd BLAH.D always producing BLAH.OBJ I wanted it to produce BLAH.DBJ. That way I could keep debug
and
> > release object files in the same directories, which meant that I could
> take
> > advantage of suffix rules in my makefile, which meant a lot less timing
> (and
> > a simpler makefile generator script).
> >
> > When I typed dmd on the new version I was very excited to see
> >
> > "  -oobjdir       write object files to directory objdir
> >   -o filename    name output file
> > "
> >
> > so typed dmd BLAH.D -o BLAH.DBJ (<= note the space between -o and
> BLAH.DBJ)
> >
> > only to be told that it could not create BLAH.DBJ\BLAH.OBJ.
> >
> > Bah!
> >
> > Any chance of this being fixed to work in the way I had intended? (Or
have
> I
> > missed something important ... ?)
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> >
>
>

Doesn't work. Consider the following

# Without space

H:\SynSoft\D\synsoft\text>dmd -c -otoken.dbj token.d
Error: Error writing file 'token.dbj\token.obj'

# With space
H:\SynSoft\D\synsoft\text>dmd -c -o token.dbj token.d
Error: Error writing file 'token.dbj\token.obj'

Both with DMD v0.67

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:bdqimr$1dq7$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Why not just skip the space and write -oblah.dbj?
>
> "Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:bdjagq$3p$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > I've just upgraded from v0.62 to the latest, in the hope that -o would
> have
> > been extended. What I was after was a way to specify the output filename
> of
> > a compile-only, in other words rather than dmd BLAH.D always producing BLAH.OBJ I wanted it to produce BLAH.DBJ. That way I could keep debug
and
> > release object files in the same directories, which meant that I could
> take
> > advantage of suffix rules in my makefile, which meant a lot less timing
> (and
> > a simpler makefile generator script).
> >
> > When I typed dmd on the new version I was very excited to see
> >
> > "  -oobjdir       write object files to directory objdir
> >   -o filename    name output file
> > "
> >
> > so typed dmd BLAH.D -o BLAH.DBJ (<= note the space between -o and
> BLAH.DBJ)
> >
> > only to be told that it could not create BLAH.DBJ\BLAH.OBJ.
> >
> > Bah!
> >
> > Any chance of this being fixed to work in the way I had intended? (Or
have
> I
> > missed something important ... ?)
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> >
>
>

And, before anyone mentions it:

H:\SynSoft\D\synsoft\text>dmd -c token.d -otoken.dbj
Error: Error writing file 'token.dbj\token.obj'


H:\SynSoft\D\synsoft\text>dmd -c token.d -o token.dbj Error: Error writing file 'token.dbj\token.obj'

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:beg0vr$1b8m$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Doesn't work. Consider the following
>
> # Without space
>
> H:\SynSoft\D\synsoft\text>dmd -c -otoken.dbj token.d
> Error: Error writing file 'token.dbj\token.obj'
>
> # With space
> H:\SynSoft\D\synsoft\text>dmd -c -o token.dbj token.d
> Error: Error writing file 'token.dbj\token.obj'
>
> Both with DMD v0.67
>
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:bdqimr$1dq7$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Why not just skip the space and write -oblah.dbj?
> >
> > "Matthew Wilson" <dmd@synesis.com.au> wrote in message news:bdjagq$3p$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > > I've just upgraded from v0.62 to the latest, in the hope that -o would
> > have
> > > been extended. What I was after was a way to specify the output
filename
> > of
> > > a compile-only, in other words rather than dmd BLAH.D always producing BLAH.OBJ I wanted it to produce BLAH.DBJ. That way I could keep debug
> and
> > > release object files in the same directories, which meant that I could
> > take
> > > advantage of suffix rules in my makefile, which meant a lot less
timing
> > (and
> > > a simpler makefile generator script).
> > >
> > > When I typed dmd on the new version I was very excited to see
> > >
> > > "  -oobjdir       write object files to directory objdir
> > >   -o filename    name output file
> > > "
> > >
> > > so typed dmd BLAH.D -o BLAH.DBJ (<= note the space between -o and
> > BLAH.DBJ)
> > >
> > > only to be told that it could not create BLAH.DBJ\BLAH.OBJ.
> > >
> > > Bah!
> > >
> > > Any chance of this being fixed to work in the way I had intended? (Or
> have
> > I
> > > missed something important ... ?)
> > >
> > > Matthew
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

This is a bug in mars.c at line 334, which discriminates between the types of -o by checking the file extension.  If it matches .obj, it's considered an object file, otherwise it's considered an object directory.

Excellent.

I guess a fix is just around the corner. Shall we say 0.68? :)

"Burton Radons" <loth@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message news:beg1hq$1bnb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> This is a bug in mars.c at line 334, which discriminates between the types of -o by checking the file extension.  If it matches .obj, it's considered an object file, otherwise it's considered an object directory.
>

I'm addressing this in 0.69. -Walter

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:beg1o6$1bvl$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Excellent.
>
> I guess a fix is just around the corner. Shall we say 0.68? :)
>
> "Burton Radons" <loth@users.sourceforge.net> wrote in message news:beg1hq$1bnb$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > This is a bug in mars.c at line 334, which discriminates between the types of -o by checking the file extension.  If it matches .obj, it's considered an object file, otherwise it's considered an object
directory.
> >
>
>