Hi- Having put wxWindows into c:\wxWindows, on win2k, the short path name is wxWind~1

The current digitalmars make does not like file names with ~ in their path -

draw020_sample.res : C:\wx\WXWIND~1\samples\sample.rc
Error on line 56: '~' is not a valid filename char


C:\wx\projects\draw020>make -v
Digital Mars Make Version 5.04

Can you sort this  please

thanks
chris

"chris elliott" <biol75@york.ac.uk> wrote in message news:bs9erc$up1$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
>
> Hi- Having put wxWindows into c:\wxWindows, on win2k, the short path name is wxWind~1

in the envirmonment set
do
SET WXWIN=C:\wxWindows
do not
SET WXWIN=C:\wxWind~1

and it should have no problems, it's only spaces and (aparently) "-" and obviously "~" that need to be avoided, otherwise long filenames seem just fine here. including version specific naming eg I have 2 folders c:\wxWindows2.4.1 and c:\wxWindows2.4.2 both get declared fully for WXWIN env variable when apropriate and seem to be ok here :-) short 8.3 name versions fail due to tilde, if you feel you must use 8.3 shortmame I believe there is a registry tweak to stop windows using the tilde in the short 8.3 name version. I do not remember it offhand tho.

HTH :-)

> The current digitalmars make does not like file names with ~ in their path -
>
> draw020_sample.res : C:\wx\WXWIND~1\samples\sample.rc
> Error on line 56: '~' is not a valid filename char
>
>
> C:\wx\projects\draw020>make -v
> Digital Mars Make Version 5.04
>
> Can you sort this  please
>
> thanks
> chris

_ escreveu:
> "chris elliott" <biol75@york.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:bs9erc$up1$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> 
>>
>>Hi- Having put wxWindows into c:\wxWindows, on win2k, the short path
>>name is wxWind~1
> 
> 
> in the envirmonment set
> do
> SET WXWIN=C:\wxWindows
> do not
> SET WXWIN=C:\wxWind~1
> 
> and it should have no problems, it's only spaces and (aparently) "-" and
> obviously "~" that need to be avoided, otherwise long filenames seem just
> fine here. including version specific naming eg I have 2 folders
> c:\wxWindows2.4.1 and c:\wxWindows2.4.2 both get declared fully for WXWIN
> env variable when apropriate and seem to be ok here :-) short 8.3 name
> versions fail due to tilde, if you feel you must use 8.3 shortmame I believe
> there is a registry tweak to stop windows using the tilde in the short 8.3
> name version. I do not remember it offhand tho.
> 

You have to look in the registry for an item called "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" and if there is no already a key "NameNumericTail" you'll need to create one and assign value of zero to it.

Caveat Emptor: this is tested only in Windows 9X! Don't know if would work in 2000 or XP.

HTH

-- 
Cesar Rabak
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Cesar Rabak wrote:

> _ escreveu:
> 
>> "chris elliott" <biol75@york.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> news:bs9erc$up1$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>>
>>> Hi- Having put wxWindows into c:\wxWindows, on win2k, the short path
>>> name is wxWind~1
>>
>>
>>
>> in the envirmonment set
>> do
>> SET WXWIN=C:\wxWindows
>> do not
>> SET WXWIN=C:\wxWind~1
>>
>> and it should have no problems, it's only spaces and (aparently) "-" and
>> obviously "~" that need to be avoided, otherwise long filenames seem just
>> fine here. including version specific naming eg I have 2 folders
>> c:\wxWindows2.4.1 and c:\wxWindows2.4.2 both get declared fully for WXWIN
>> env variable when apropriate and seem to be ok here :-) short 8.3 name
>> versions fail due to tilde, if you feel you must use 8.3 shortmame I believe
>> there is a registry tweak to stop windows using the tilde in the short 8.3
>> name version. I do not remember it offhand tho.
>>
> 
> You have to look in the registry for an item called "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" and if there is no already a key "NameNumericTail" you'll need to create one and assign value of zero to it.
> 
> Caveat Emptor: this is tested only in Windows 9X! Don't know if would work in 2000 or XP.
> 
> HTH
> 
Hi (and happy new year)
I can set the path to avoid this on  my development machine, but i wanted to prevent anyone who download wxwindows from having to worry about this. It would be nice if make or dmc could be fixed

chris

chris elliott escreveu:
> Cesar Rabak wrote:
[snipped]
>>
> Hi (and happy new year)
Thanks!

> I can set the path to avoid this on  my development machine, but i
> wanted to prevent anyone who download wxwindows from having to worry
>  about this. It would be nice if make or dmc could be fixed
>
I see your point, and of course second it! Technicly speaking, we should
not have a tools that forbids a filename construction that is costumary in the OS!

Regards,

-- 
Cesar Rabak
GNU/Linux User 52247.
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