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The error message you posted certainly makes it look like your trying to execute the command mkdir c:\ which will fail.

Try adding the /N switch to the nmake command so that you can see what commands are being issued.

You might also try /I and see if it would build if you ignore the error(s). It doesn't fix things, but at least you would know whether it is just cmd.exe being more pendantic than other shells or something more serious.

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Re^4: nmake error
by gwhite (Friar) on Dec 28, 2004 at 01:23 UTC

    getting somewhere..... now with /N I get:

    NMAKE : fatal error U1095: expanded command line 'C:\my_perl\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp [bunch of file names here]`C:\my_perl\perl\bin\perl.exe - MFile::Basename -e 'print dirname $ARGV[0]' blib\bin`/my_code/templates' too long

    /I had no additional affect.

    g_White
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      OK, trimmed some marginally required files out of the templates directory only to now get on every line

      Too many arguments at -e line 1
        C:\my_perl\perl\bin\perl.exe -MExtUtils::Command -e cp images/
+wellness/well_56.jpg `C:\my_perl\perl\bin\perl.exe -MFile::Basename -
+e 'print dirname $ARGV[0]' blib\bin`/my_code/images/wellness/well_56.
+jpg

      [download]

      with the filename changing for every file in the manifest that is being copied.

      g_White
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        Sorry. Your now deep into the quagmire that is M::M generated makefiles. I cannot help you there as I refuse to touch that stuff--it either works or it doesn't as far as I am concerned.

        That command line is a good example of the mess that gets generated. You have one call to perl nested inside backticks, inside another call to perl.

        The purpose of the nested call is to extract the dirname from "blib\bin"?

        Which then gets prepended to the string "my_code/images/wellness/well_56.jpg"?

        And all of that to copy a file. What a mess.

        I really do hope that Mr. Schwern manages to kick M::M into the bit bucket and replace it with something that takes a rational approach to solving the problem of cross-platform building.

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        Silence betokens consent.
        Love the truth but pardon error.
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