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NMAKE can't find include file in subfolder -- SOLVED

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  • A Alan Balkany

    Using Microsoft's NMAKE with -I option for include paths. It works for the include files in these folders, but can't seem to find one in a named subfolder: Here's the resulting command & error message:

    cl /nologo /Ox /MD /EHsc /W3 /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys"; -I. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include" -DAVOID_WIN32_FILEIO -DCHECK_JPEG_YCBCR_SUBSAMPLING -DDEFAULT_EXTRASAMPLE_AS_ALPHA -DSTRIPCHOP_DEFAULT=TIFF_STRIPCHOP -DSTRIP_SIZE_DEFAULT=8192 -DLOGLUV_SUPPORT -DNEXT_SUPPORT -DTHUNDER_SUPPORT -DLZW_SUPPORT -DPACKBITS_SUPPORT -DCCITT_SUPPORT -DTIF_PLATFORM_CONSOLE -DFILLODER_LSB2MSB /c tif_unix.c tif_unix.c tif_unix.c(35) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/types.h': No such file or directory

    Two things to note: 1. The "missing" file, "types.h", IS in the "sys" subfolder of one of the include paths, so "sys/types.h" should have been found, and 2. The "sys" subfolder was also included (out of desperation) and types.h STILL wasn't found. Any ideas why this include file can't be found?

    "Microsoft -- Adding unnecessary complexity to your work since 1987!"

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    Maybe it's a copy/paste bug but that command line doesn't look right to me. 1. The second include is given with option "-I.", that dot doesn't belong there. 2. The rest of the include paths are given without -I arg so the compiler probably won't know what to do with those.

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    • B bjorn_ht

      Maybe it's a copy/paste bug but that command line doesn't look right to me. 1. The second include is given with option "-I.", that dot doesn't belong there. 2. The rest of the include paths are given without -I arg so the compiler probably won't know what to do with those.

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      Lost User
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      1. That just means add the current directory to the include path(s). 2. I already noted this in my comment above.

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      • L Lost User

        1. That just means add the current directory to the include path(s). 2. I already noted this in my comment above.

        Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman

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        1. Yes that could be the intention, but the compiler would look there in any case, wouldn't it? 2. So then we know it took me more than 36 minutes to type in that comment. No wonder I'm not a regular...

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        • B bjorn_ht

          1. Yes that could be the intention, but the compiler would look there in any case, wouldn't it? 2. So then we know it took me more than 36 minutes to type in that comment. No wonder I'm not a regular...

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          1. Not all compilers do that automatically. As far as I recall some flavours of UNIX require this. 2. Apologies, I did not check the time differences.

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          • L Lost User

            1. Not all compilers do that automatically. As far as I recall some flavours of UNIX require this. 2. Apologies, I did not check the time differences.

            Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman

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            1. Oh absolutely, 2. you were right, though.

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            • L Lost User

              If we break this command into its constituent parts we get the following:

              cl /nologo
              /Ox
              /MD
              /EHsc
              /W3
              /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
              -I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys";
              -I.
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys"
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include"
              "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include"
              -DAVOID_WIN32_FILEIO
              -DCHECK_JPEG_YCBCR_SUBSAMPLING
              -DDEFAULT_EXTRASAMPLE_AS_ALPHA
              -DSTRIPCHOP_DEFAULT=TIFF_STRIPCHOP
              -DSTRIP_SIZE_DEFAULT=8192
              -DLOGLUV_SUPPORT
              -DNEXT_SUPPORT
              -DTHUNDER_SUPPORT
              -DLZW_SUPPORT
              -DPACKBITS_SUPPORT
              -DCCITT_SUPPORT
              -DTIF_PLATFORM_CONSOLE
              -DFILLODER_LSB2MSB
              /c
              tif_unix.c
              tif_unix.c
              tif_unix.c

              (35) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/types.h': No such file or directory

              The only directories included by the -I option are "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys" and . (dot). All the other directory names seem to be orphaned in the command line. I'm also not sure why "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys" has that semi-colon character after it. I think you need to check your NMAKE source file.

              Unrequited desire is character building. OriginalGriff I'm sitting here giving you a standing ovation - Len Goodman

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              Alan Balkany
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              You nailed it Richard! That was the problem! Many thanks (and 5 points)!

              "Microsoft -- Adding unnecessary complexity to your work since 1987!"

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              • B bjorn_ht

                Maybe it's a copy/paste bug but that command line doesn't look right to me. 1. The second include is given with option "-I.", that dot doesn't belong there. 2. The rest of the include paths are given without -I arg so the compiler probably won't know what to do with those.

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                That was the problem (as Richard also pointed out). Thanks and 5 points!

                "Microsoft -- Adding unnecessary complexity to your work since 1987!"

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                • D David Crow

                  I haven't messed with make files in a very long time, but it seems that the preprocessor is going to look in the following folders for sys/types.h:

                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys"
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include\sys"
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Include"
                  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include"

                  Of the above, only the last one would appear to contain a folder named sys, correct? Does the \ vs. / make any difference? I don't think it does, but I just wanted to mention it.

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                  Thanks for the info, but the problem turned out to be something else.

                  "Microsoft -- Adding unnecessary complexity to your work since 1987!"

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                  • A Alan Balkany

                    Thanks for the info, but the problem turned out to be something else.

                    "Microsoft -- Adding unnecessary complexity to your work since 1987!"

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                    I suspected it was after reading Richard's post.

                    "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                    "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                    "Show me a community that obeys the Ten Commandments and I'll show you a less crowded prison system." - Anonymous

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                    • A Alan Balkany

                      You nailed it Richard! That was the problem! Many thanks (and 5 points)!

                      "Microsoft -- Adding unnecessary complexity to your work since 1987!"

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                      :thumbsup:

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