Thanks for explaining the use of backslashes. *’m not sure about the difference between single and double-quotes, and I'm unable to reproduce it. Is that still causing a problem for you?*
It is not causing a problem now that I know the workaround. But it still puzzles me. Peter Op woensdag 10 januari 2024 om 02:22:38 UTC+1 schreef [email protected]: > Tup uses the backslash character in paths as an escape character, > primarily to support filenames with spaces. Eg: an output of "foo bar" can > be written as foo\ bar in the output section. To put an actual backslash in > the path, you'd have to use \\, so the example should work with > ..\\<submodgroup> > > Note that tup should work fine on Windows when the subprocess uses files > with backslash as the path separator. So both of the following should work: > > : |> cmd /c copy input foo\bar |> foo/bar > : |> cmd /c copy input foo\bar2 |> foo\\bar2 > > I'm not sure about the difference between single and double-quotes, and > I'm unable to reproduce it. Is that still causing a problem for you? > > -Mike > > On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 7:20 AM Peter Jaspers <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I found my mistake: I used backward slash instead of forward slash: >> ..\<submodgroup> must be ../<submodgroup> >> And for who wonders what " Het systeem kan het opgegeven bestand niet >> vinden" means: it is Dutch for "The system can not find the given file". >> >> >> Op maandag 8 januari 2024 om 15:43:23 UTC+1 schreef Peter Jaspers: >> >>> I tried to reproduce the %<group> example in the %-flags section of the >>> tup manual >>> on my Windows computer. This failed: the content of the resulting >>> submodules_group.txt >>> file was not as expected (it was empty, see below). >>> >>> Directories and files: >>> test_tup\ >>> .tup\ >>> project\ >>> Tupfile >>> submodules\ >>> sm1\ >>> foo.cpp >>> Tupfile >>> sm2\ >>> bar.cpp >>> Tupfile >>> >>> Tupfiles: >>> #test_tup\submodules\sm1\Tupfile >>> : foo.cpp |> cmd /c copy %f %o |> %B.obj ..\<submodgroup> >>> >>> #test_tup\submodules\sm2\Tupfile >>> : bar.cpp |> cmd /c copy %f %o |> %B.obj ..\<submodgroup> >>> >>> # test_tup\project\Tupfile >>> : ../submodules/<submodgroup> |> echo "%f" > %o |> submodules_f.txt >>> : ../submodules/<submodgroup> |> echo '%<submodgroup>' > %o |> >>> submodules_group.txt >>> >>> Running tup produces all 4 expected output files. >>> submodules_f.txt contains the expected "../submodules/<submodgroup>". >>> submodules_group.txt however only contains 2 quotes ('') instead of the >>> expected >>> ../submodules/sm1/foo.o ../submodules/sm2/bar.o >>> >>> Note:using echo '%f' > %o instead of echo "%f" > %o made the build >>> fail: >>> [ tup ] [0.041s] Executing Commands... >>> * 0) project: echo '../submodules/<submodgroup>' > submodules_f.txt >>> Het systeem kan het opgegeven bestand niet vinden. >>> >>> Replacing echo '%<submodgroup>' by echo "%<submodgroup>" results in >>> submodules_group.txt to contain "" >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> -- >> -- >> tup-users mailing list >> email: [email protected] >> unsubscribe: [email protected] >> options: http://groups.google.com/group/tup-users?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "tup-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tup-users/b9b4e941-47ff-4307-84e2-0e5b99986becn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tup-users/b9b4e941-47ff-4307-84e2-0e5b99986becn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- -- tup-users mailing list email: [email protected] unsubscribe: [email protected] options: http://groups.google.com/group/tup-users?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tup-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tup-users/e5b9a599-ba94-4636-9666-4708994c2fd3n%40googlegroups.com.
