I just don't get it, I am getting this nmake error, it is an application I wrote so no PPM option, Makefile.PL runs without any errors. It is just copying some files around and inserting configuration directory information into several .pl files. Makefile.PL, make etc. runs fine on Linux and Sun platforms.

C:\>nmake

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 1.50
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights reserved.

mkdir `C:\: Invalid argument at C:/my_perl/perl/lib/ExtUtils/Command.p
+m li
ne 186
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code
+ '0xff'
Stop.

C:\>

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On the windows platform I really don't even know where to start looking. Any help in avoiding the problem would be appreciated. If possible I would avoid Windows, but it just isn't possible.

g_White

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