PRB: STARTUP.BAT Gives U1073: Don't Know How to Make STDIO.H

ID Number: Q67161

6.00 6.00a 6.00ax | 6.00 6.00a

MS-DOS | OS/2

buglist6.00 buglist6.00a buglist6.00ax

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

When running the batch file STARTUP.BAT that comes with Microsoft C

versions 6.0, 6.0a, and 6.0ax, you may receive the following error:

U1073: don't know how to make 'stdio.h'.

CAUSE

This is actually an NMAKE error and may be the result of having

more than one search path for the INCLUDE environment variable, as

shown in the following example:

include=c:\c600\include;c:\masm\include

Because batch files cannot parse out separate paths for environment

variables, it is necessary to have only one INCLUDE path specified.

This allows the filename to be included to be appended to the end

of that path.

RESOLUTION

To correct the problem, only one search path should be used, as in

the following example:

include=c:\c600\include

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in C versions 6.0,

6.0a, and 6.0ax. We are researching this problem and will post new

information here as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax