Error U1073 When "." Used for Path in Inference Rule

Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
Article ID: Q51723

1.01 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.20 1.30 | 1.01 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.21

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kbtool kberrmsg kberrmsg

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS, versions 1.01, 1.1, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.2, and 1.3
Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, versions 1.01, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, and 1.21

NMAKE does not accept a dot (.) to identify the current directory in inference rule paths. When specifying paths for each of the extensions, using the following form

   {frompath}.fromextension{topath}.toextension

and using "{.}" (without the quotation marks) to indicate the current directory for the "topath", causes the following error:

   NMAKE : fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'filename.ext'

To work around this, the current directory for topath must be specified with "{}". However, both notations are acceptable when specifying the "frompath".

Later versions of NMAKE accept the dot in the topath.

Additional reference words: kbinf kbinf 1.20 1.30
KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: NmakeIss
Keywords : kb16bitonly

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Last reviewed: July 17, 1997
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