cd C:\irrlicht-0.14.0 Invalid directory?

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:16 pm

I copied Irrlicht to my C drive. Added some patch files to the source, clicked "start, run, command" then at the prompt I typed "cd C:\irrlicht-0.14.0" It should have changed my directory path to the irrlicht directory. Instead, I get an error message telling me that it is an invalid directory.
It's there, it's typed correctly. What could cause this? I'm out of clues. I've never had a problem with the command prompt before.

Snickel · Post by **Snickel** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:21 pm

Did you tried with ""

so like:

cd C:\"irrlicht-0.14.0"

AndyCR · Post by **AndyCR** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:25 pm

try this:

cd c:\irrlic~1\

explanation: dos likes file/foldernames with 8 characters, and that is the naming convention, the first 6 then a ~1 for the first, and i think ~2 for the second, etc alphabetically.

note: above probably works too (or cd "c:\irrlicht-0.14.0"), i think what i said would be the only way to do it if it had spaces in it though (take out the spaces, then do what i said above)

- AndyCR

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:27 pm

Snickel wrote:Did you tried with ""

so like:

cd C:"irrlicht-0.14.0"

Yes, I get "too many parimiters - irrlicht-0.14.0" " error. (the extra " is becouse it's -irrlicht-0.14.0" as the error.)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:39 pm

is it XP?

if yes, kill explorer.exe
and try again.

although that stupid, coz you already tried rebooting right?
unless explorer is corrupted already then started.

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:17 pm

I haven't tried to kill explore.exe yet. I've used it to switch to tges directory, and compile with it just fine. It's odd.

Snickel · Post by **Snickel** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:23 pm

nevermind, after some thinking, I realised that what I proposed(killing explorer.exe) is nonsense anyway.

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:49 pm

if youre in XP use Start->Run->CMD, not command. CMD supports the long file names a lot better

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:10 pm

Aha. Ok. Yes, I'm using XP pro.
I'll give that a try.

Edit: That worked. Thanks. Now to start patching.

Edit #2:

patch is not recognised as an operable program or batch file??

AndyCR · Post by **AndyCR** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:10 am

what format is the patch in?

MikeR · Post by **MikeR** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:58 am

It's a text file with a .patch extension.

Edit to add: I got them from here: http://parsys.informatik.uni-oldenburg. ... d/irrlicht

sRc · Post by **sRc** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:14 am

patch is a GNU utility, not a windows app

you'll want to find a Win32 version of Patch then you can use it

jam · Post by **jam** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:26 am

like this one http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm