Build a project from the script using popen3

[Ruchika]

Hi,

I want to build an embedded Visual C++ project from the python script.
This is what I do -

evc = r'"C:\Program Files\Microsoft eMbedded C++
4.0\Common\EVC\Bin\EVC.EXE"'
proj = r'"C:\Handheld\SC10\GFSDK\dev\Drivers\CE.EVC4\GFHAL\GFHAL.Vcp"'
config = "GFHAL - Win32 (WCE ARMV4) Release"

print '%s %s /MAKE %s /REBUILD' % (evc, proj, config)
inf, out, err = os.popen3( '%s %s /MAKE %s /REBUILD' % (evc, proj,
config))
print err.readlines()

I get the following error message - "["'C:\\Program' is not recognized
as an internal or external command,\n", 'operable program or batch
file.\n']".

I wanted to make sure the path is right. So I tried to open the
project workspace using popen3 and succeeded -
inf, out, err = os.popen3( '%s' % (proj))

Is something wrong with the way i am using the build command in the
script? I am sure the build command is fine because I ran it on the
command line before trying it in the script. Can we not run the build
command from inside the script?

Am I using "/" in /MAKE and /REBUILD correctly in the script?

Thanks,
Ruchika

 

[Larry Bates]

You may have more success using the mangled (8.3)
directory names in your pathnames. The ones with
spaces in them (e.g. Program Files) is the problem.
On my machine the mangled name for Program Files is
Progra~1 (they can be seen with dir /x command at
command prompt). There may be another way to use
the long filenames, but I'll bet this will be the
easiest.

Larry Bates
Syscon, Inc.