www.digitalmars.com         C & C++   DMDScript  

D - Minor portability problem with dmd

reply "Lars Ivar Igesund" <larsivi stud.ntnu.no> writes:
dmd accepts switches in the /switch format. This turns out
to be a problem when / is used as a path separator instead
of \. Suddenly dmd (or is it the linker?) thinks the file after
the / is a switch and fails. And doing "foo/src.d" don't help.

Lars Ivar Igesund
Nov 04 2003
parent reply "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"Lars Ivar Igesund" <larsivi stud.ntnu.no> wrote in message
news:bo7ssu$15r3$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 dmd accepts switches in the /switch format.


It shouldn't, and checking the code (mars.c) it doesn't.


 This turns out
 to be a problem when / is used as a path separator instead
 of \. Suddenly dmd (or is it the linker?) thinks the file after
 the / is a switch and fails. And doing "foo/src.d" don't help.


What is the command line you're using?
Nov 04 2003
parent reply "Lars Ivar Igesund" <larsivi stud.ntnu.no> writes:
"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
news:bo8us9$2mpj$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Lars Ivar Igesund" <larsivi stud.ntnu.no> wrote in message
 news:bo7ssu$15r3$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 dmd accepts switches in the /switch format.


 It shouldn't, and checking the code (mars.c) it doesn't.


 This turns out
 to be a problem when / is used as a path separator instead
 of \. Suddenly dmd (or is it the linker?) thinks the file after
 the / is a switch and fails. And doing "foo/src.d" don't help.


 What is the command line you're using?


The setting is a subdirectory foo with a source file ddepcheck.d

Using

 dmd foo/ddepcheck.d


results in this:

C:\projects\code>dmd foo/ddepcheck.d
C:\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe foo/ddepcheck,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 7.50B1
Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989 - 2001  All Rights Reserved

OPTLINK : Warning 9: Unknown Option : DDEPCHECK
foo.obj
 Error 2: File Not Found foo.obj
--- errorlevel 1

Lars Ivar Igesund
Nov 05 2003
parent "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"Lars Ivar Igesund" <larsivi stud.ntnu.no> wrote in message
news:boab4o$1k4o$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
 news:bo8us9$2mpj$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 "Lars Ivar Igesund" <larsivi stud.ntnu.no> wrote in message
 news:bo7ssu$15r3$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 dmd accepts switches in the /switch format.


 It shouldn't, and checking the code (mars.c) it doesn't.


 This turns out
 to be a problem when / is used as a path separator instead
 of \. Suddenly dmd (or is it the linker?) thinks the file after
 the / is a switch and fails. And doing "foo/src.d" don't help.


 What is the command line you're using?


 The setting is a subdirectory foo with a source file ddepcheck.d

 Using

 dmd foo/ddepcheck.d


 results in this:

 C:\projects\code>dmd foo/ddepcheck.d
 C:\dmd\bin\..\..\dm\bin\link.exe foo/ddepcheck,,,user32+kernel32/noi;
 OPTLINK (R) for Win32  Release 7.50B1
 Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989 - 2001  All Rights Reserved

 OPTLINK : Warning 9: Unknown Option : DDEPCHECK
 foo.obj
  Error 2: File Not Found foo.obj
 --- errorlevel 1


I see now. Use \ for path separators under Windows, and it should be fine.
Nov 06 2003