How to represent variable with space in MAKEFILE

[yinkou]

I want to include a library directory in a makefile:

C:/program file/ ../...

then How to represent the space in "program file"

I tried define ABC="C:/program file"
and add "\"after "program", but neither works.

[olivthill]

Can you post the full line, because, for instance I have the following line which is working well although it contains quotes:

LIBS =  -L"C:/DEV-CPP/lib" -mwindows -lcomctl32

Edit: Maybe the problem is with the final "s" in "C:/Program Files"

[yinkou]

thanks for your reply ^_^

MATLAB_LIBS = \
C:\PROGRAM FILES\MATLAB704\extern\lib\win32\microsoft\msvc71\libmx.lib

error message is:

LINK: fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "C: \PROGRAM.OBJ"
NMAKE:fatal error u1077: 'cl': return code '0X2'

[Marc G]

The following should work i think:

MATLAB_LIBS = \
"C:\PROGRAM FILES\MATLAB704\extern\lib\win32\microsoft\msvc71\libmx.lib"

[[email protected]]

Hi yinkou,

The following should also work (I've used it during scripting, but I like the long file names also).

C:\>dir /X
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 58AC-2403
Directory of C:\
11/04/2005 09:21 AM	<DIR>		 CRYPTO~2.1 Crypto++ 5.2.1
10/04/2005 01:14 PM	<DIR>					 dell
10/07/2005 08:21 AM	<DIR>		 DOCUME~1	 Documents and Settings
...
09/04/2003 12:59 PM			17,590			 PkgClnup.log
11/07/2005 03:15 PM	<DIR>		 POLICY~1	 Policy Backups
11/17/2005 04:38 PM	<DIR>		 PROGRA~1	 Program Files
10/21/2005 10:53 AM	<DIR>		 RDP5~1.2MS RDP 5.2 MSI Installer

Now that you have the short name:

MATLAB_LIBS = \
C:\PROGRA~1\MATLAB704\extern\lib\win32\microsoft\msvc71\libmx.lib

Jeff

[yinkou]

MATLAB_LIBS = \
C:\PROGRA~1\MATLAB704\extern\lib\win32\microsoft\msvc71\libmx.lib

I replaced "program files" with "PROGRA~1" and it works~~^_^
Thank you Jeffrey,Marc G and olivthill~~~~