Re: Spaces in file names!!

[Rob Tulloh]

README.W32 documents a workaround for this. Using 8.3 notation works best as this eliminates the spaces completely.

Rob

 Greg Chicares <address@hidden> wrote:

> [Please write plain text instead of html. Thanks.]
>
> Zhang Zhenhua wrote:
> >
> > SDCC = C:\My Work\Compiler\Bin\sdcc.exe
> > Main.ihx: Main.rel
> > $(SDCC) Main.rel
> > Main.rel: Main.c
> > $(SDCC) -c Main.c
> > 
> > But it seems that make can't create a process using the SDCC command line(with spaces in it). Any body knows how to make
> > that work? Thanks.
>
> Try quoting it:
> SDCC = 'C:\My Work\Compiler\Bin\sdcc.exe'
> or
> SDCC = "C:\My Work\Compiler\Bin\sdcc.exe"
> or maybe you need to try
> '$(SDCC) -c Main.c'
> or
> "$(SDCC) -c Main.c"
>
> I have found that one form (single versus double quote) may
> work with windows 95 or 98's command processor, but windows
> 2k's command processor may need another, especially if you're
> using redirection. I've also seen people try things like
> SDCC = C:\My\ Work\Compiler\Bin\sdcc.exe
> but all these methods are messy.
>
> Everything is easier if you avoid using spaces in file names,
> because spaces are usually used to separate tokens. In C you
> would not write
> int My Variable = 2;
>
>
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