PRB: U4007 Error Can Be Caused By Missing Quotation Marks

ID: Q66646

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, versions 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21
Microsoft NMAKE Utility for Windows NT, version 1.4

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to use a makefile that uses the long filenames available in OS/2 or Windows NT fails and NMAKE generates the following message:

U4007: file name too long: truncating to 8.3

RESOLUTION

Place quotation marks around the long filenames.

STATUS

NMAKE 1.5 (included in Visual C++ 2.0) will handle long filenames.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about this behavior, please refer to the README.DOC file provided with Microsoft C version 6.0 for OS/2, or to the NMAKE.WRI file provided with Visual C++ 32-bit Edition version 1.0.

Additional query words: 1.40

Keywords :
Version : NT:1.4; OS/2:1.11,1.12,1.13,1.21
Platform : NT OS/2
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