Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

<[email protected]> · Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:48:55 +0000

Hello,

I am writing because while building an IOC for the PerkinElmer area detector module 2-3, I found that
msi on windows expects ':' as path separator.  This behaviour does not allow to
specify paths for "include" that reside on a different windows drive.

Has anyone else encountered this problem while using msi on windows? 

How have you solved them?

My proposal introduces a "-w" switch. The changes are pasted below (changes made against msi 1-5).
I also posted my version at http://controls.diamond.ac.uk/downloads/other/files/patched-msi.c

Thanks,

Ronaldo

--- /dls_sw/epics/R3.14.12.3/extensions/src/msi/msi.c	2013-01-18 20:25:57.045064658 +0000
+++ /home/rjq35657/msi/msi.c	2015-10-21 18:30:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 
 /*Exit status*/
 static int exitStatus = 0;
+static int windowsPaths = 0;
 
 

 int main(int argc,char **argv)
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@
 	} else if(strncmp(argv[1],"-V",2)==0) {
 	    macSuppressWarning(macPvt,0);
 	    narg = 1; /* no argument for this option */
+	} else if(strncmp(argv[1],"-w",2)==0) {
+            windowsPaths = 1;
 	} else {
 	    usageExit();
 	}
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@
 

 void usageExit(void)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr,"usage: msi -V -opath -Ipath ... -Msub ... -Ssubfile  template\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"usage: msi -w -V -opath -Ipath ... -Msub ... -Ssubfile  template\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"    Specifying path will replace the default '.'\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"    stdin is used if template is not given\n");
     exit(1);
@@ -293,16 +296,17 @@
     const char	*pdir;
     int		len;
     int		emptyName;
-
+    char        pathSeparator = windowsPaths ? ';' : ':';
+    
     pdir = path;
     /*an empty name at beginning, middle, or end means current directory*/
     while(pdir && *pdir) {
-	emptyName = ((*pdir == ':') ? 1 : 0);
+	emptyName = ((*pdir == pathSeparator) ? 1 : 0);
 	if(emptyName) ++pdir;
 	ppathNode = (pathNode *)calloc(1,sizeof(pathNode));
 	ellAdd(ppathList,&ppathNode->node);
 	if(!emptyName) {
-	    pcolon = strchr(pdir,':');
+	    pcolon = strchr(pdir,pathSeparator);
 	    len = (pcolon ? (pcolon - pdir) : strlen(pdir));
 	    if(len>0)  {
 	        ppathNode->directory = (char *)calloc(len+1,sizeof(char));




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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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