[pm-h] Help building Shortcut; Need make.exe for PC
Montgomery Conner
montgomery.conner at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 19:57:43 PDT 2008
Google reveals another option that doesn't require purchase of an MS
license for their bloated IDE: use the well supported (and standard to
ActiveState Perl) Win32::OLE module to create shortcuts as described here:
http://techtasks.com/code/viewbookcode/517
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:04 PM, G. Wade Johnson <gwadej at anomaly.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:09:08 -0500
> "Haufler, Wayne A" <Wayne.A.Haufler at boeing.com> wrote:
>
> > Bottomline Question First: What is "cl" in Unix?
>
> cl was the name of the old Microsoft "compile/link" program. It served
> as a front-end to the compiler and linker (like gcc under Linux).
>
> > Thank you all for your responses and suggestions.
> > Unfortunately, I don't believe Boeing would allow me to install
> > Strawberry Perl,
> > so am constrained to ActivePerl, which is pretty good, methinks.
> >
> > I did download and install NMake.exe from microsoft.
> > I tried running "perl Makefile.pl" from a cygwin bash shell, but got:
> > Perl.exe - Entry Point Not Found
> > The procedure entry point__isnand could not be located in the dynamic
> > link library cygwin1.dll.
> >
> > However, tried that in a DOS Command Prompt window and it seemed to
> > work.
> >
> > I then tried running "nmake". The results are the same in both
> > shells.
> >
> > nmake
> > Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version
> > 1.50 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1988-94. All rights
> > reserved.
> >
> > cp Shortcut.pm blib\lib\Win32\Shortcut.pm
> > C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl\lib
> > -IC:\Perl\lib C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils/xsubpp -typemap
> > C:\Perl\lib\ExtUtils\typemap -typemap typemap Shortcut.xs >xstmp.c &&
> > C:\Perl\bin\perl.exe -IC:\Perl\lib -IC:\Perl\lib -MExtUtils::Command
> > -e mv xstmp.c Shortcut.cpp
> > cl -c -nologo -O1 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -DWIN32
> > -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
> > -DPERL_IMPLICIT_SYS -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -O1 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG
> > -DVERSION=\"0.07\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.07\" -IC:\Perl\lib\
> > CORE Shortcut.cpp
> > 'cl' is not recognized as an internal or external
> > command, operable program or batch file.
> > NMAKE : fatal error U1077:
> > 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe' : return code '0x1'
> > Stop.
>
> That definitely looks like it's trying to run the MS compiler.
>
> > Even as an old Unix guru, I don't recognize 'cl'.
> > Given the command line arguments, I'd guess it is a compiler,
> > and given the last argument of "Shortcut.cpp" it must be a C++
> > compiler, right?
> >
> > Oh, this NMake.exe was supposed to come with Visual Studio, which I
> > don't have,
> > and probably can't have on this machine. I'll check again to see if
> > I can install it.
>
> That might simplify things. It looks like the Makefile is expecting cl
> to be available.
>
> Sorry I can't be of more help.
> G. Wade
>
> > Thanks,
> > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
> > Wayne A. Haufler
> > Senior Software Engineer (SE)
> > In Space Shuttle Program (SSP)
> > Backup Flight System (BFS)
> > Displays & Controls Requirements Analyst
> > Boeing, NASA Systems, Houston
> > Voice: 281-226-8626 , Cubicle: 5475
> > E-mail: wayne.a.haufler at boeing.com
> > Boeing Toastmaster (Club 4908): VP Education
> >
> >
> >
> > > _____________________________________________
> > > From: Haufler, Wayne A
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:36 PM
> > > To: houston at pm.org; dada at perl.it
> > > Cc: Haufler, Wayne A; Wayne Haufler (E-mail 2)
> > > Subject: Help building Shortcut; Need make.exe for PC
> > >
> > >
> > > I have been trying to write a short Perl script on a PC (ActivePerl)
> > > that would replace duplicate copies of huge video files with
> > > Shortcuts to the corresponding original video files. To do this, I
> > > need and acquired the Win32::Shortcut module from CPAN.
> > >
> > > The Shortcut's README file claims "You can always find the latest
> > > version of this package online at:
> > > http://www.divinf.it/dada/perl/shortcut
> > >
> > > But that dada directory does not appear to exist.
> > >
> > > In Win32-Shortcut-0.07\docs\intro.html
> > >
> > > Installation Instructions
> > > 1. Run the INSTALL.BAT program.
> > > 2. Run the TEST.PL script to see if everything works
> > >
> > > Whereas, the only two files in the eg directory are: ln32.bat and
> > > sample.pl.
> > >
> > > Anyway, somewhere I found build instructions involving make.
> > > Shortcut does come with a Makefile and a Makefile.pl.
> > > I understand Makefile.pl is used with ExtUtils:MakeMaker to generate
> > > the Makefile.
> > >
> > > I'm familiar with make in the Unix world (years ago), but
> > > can't seem to acquire any form of make program for the PC world.
> > >
> > > I do have Cygwin installed (though not the entire package),
> > > but no version of make.exe or gmake.exe is found there.
> > >
> > > Must I reinstall the WHOLE Cygwin package? to get make.exe?
> > >
> > > Also am aware of minGW and MSYS and tried to install them for their
> > > (supposed) version of make, but keep running into obstacles.
> > >
> > > I know, I should ask the Perl::Win32::users list (or similar).
> > >
> > >
> > > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
> > > Wayne A. Haufler
> > > Senior Software Engineer (SE)
> > > In Space Shuttle Program (SSP)
> > > Backup Flight System (BFS)
> > > Displays & Controls Requirements Analyst
> > > Boeing, NASA Systems, Houston
> > > Voice: 281-226-8626 , Cubicle: 5475
> > > E-mail: wayne.a.haufler at boeing.com
> > > Boeing Toastmaster (Club 4908): VP Education
> > >
> > >
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