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Q51723: Error U1073 When "." Used for Path in Inference Rule

Article: Q51723
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.01,1.1,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.2,1.3; OS/2:1.01,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.21
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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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, 1.3 
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2, versions 1.01, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.21 
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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 "{}" (without the quotation marks). However, both notations are acceptable when
specifying the "frompath".

Later versions of NMAKE accept the dot in the topath.

Additional query words: kbinf 1.20 1.30

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbNMAKESearch kbNMAKE101DOS kbNMAKE110DOS kbNMAKE111DOS kbNMAKE112DOS kbNMAKE113DOS kbNMAKE120DOS kbNMAKE130DOS kbNMAKE101OS2 kbNMAKE111OS2 kbNMAKE112OS2 kbNMAKE113OS2 kbNMAKE121OS2
Version           : MS-DOS:1.01,1.1,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.2,1.3; OS/2:1.01,1.11,1.12,1.13,1.21

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