Experimental Physics and
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[email protected] (Ralph Lange) · Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:09:28 +0100 (MET)

> Creating directory exampleApp
> Copying file /usr/util/epics/base/templates/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/Makefile -> exampleApp/Makefile
> Not a directory Copying /usr/util/epics/base/templates/makeBaseApp/top/exampleApp/Makefile/.wind -> exampleApp/Makefile/.wind at /usr/util/epics/base/bin/sun4/makeBaseApp.pl line 249.

This is even stranger than I thought. 

The exampleApp/Makefile is copied successfully, then makeBaseApp tries to
copy a file exampleApp/Makefile/.wind, which --- according to you --- does
not exist.

makeBaseApp uses the perl File::Find library to get the names of the files
to copy. So obviously perl's File::Find finds a non-existent file. If
someone told me this, I wouldn't believe it.

Which version of perl are you using? makeBaseApp needs perl 5. If you're
calling makeBaseApp.pl directly from the command line, the first perl in
your PATH will be used.

Is there a file called .wind somewhere under your EPICS base tree? Could it
be that some weird mode bits of a file called .wind cause perl's find to go
beserk?

When called from /usr/util/epics/base/templates/makeBaseApp/top, the output
of the following perl command shows the template structure how perl sees
it. 

perl -e "use File::Find; &find(\&wanted, '.'); exit; sub wanted { print\"\$File::Find::name\n\"; }"

The output should be the same as with a simple unix "find" without any
arguments.

There should be no file called ".wind".

Anyone else any idea?
Ralph
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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