On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Brad King <brad.k...@kitware.com> wrote: > On 8/12/2010 8:36 PM, J Decker wrote: >> >> cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" /test > > The path "/test" is not a valid full path on windows.
yes it is. and the forward slash or backslash is handled perfectly by all windows internals - it's only windows command prompt that had an issue cause it uses '/' as an option identifier. The system itself allows // or \\ or / or \ anywhere / or \ appear. Not specifying the drive is also valid - it means use the current drive. > That syntax is used by many tools for command line options. > If I use a backslash instead: > > cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" \test > > I get > > CMake Error: The source directory "C:/build/test" does not exist. > Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI. > > IMO the only bug here is that CMake does not complain that > the given path is malformed. Take a look at Source/cmake.cxx > in the method "cmake::SetDirectoriesFromFile". The path should > be the argument to this method. Somewhere in this function > before it does a call to SetHomeDirectory should be taught to > catch this. > > -Brad > _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
