Command line compiler syntax to create executable?

[segfault]

Hi,

My OS is Linux and I'm using the Linux IDE but would like to create a windows executable from the Wine emulator on the command line (using the source code written in the Linux IDE), but I keep getting errors when trying to use pbcompiler.exe to create an executable, either "no such switch" or "file not found". Could someone give me an example of the correct syntax? There isn't a specific example of this in the manual. Do I need to include quotes in the filename/path?

Sorry for the noob question, and thanks in advance for any help.

[netmaestro]

Not sure of Linux. No quotes needed.

[segfault]

Hi netmaestro, thanks but I've already looked at the help and I'm still getting an error message "A filename needs to be specified".

Here's the output when I try to create an executable from a file "first.pb" in the folder "/home/jules/purebasic/code/".

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Z:\home\jules\.wine\drive_c\Program Files\PureBasic\Compilers>pbcompiler /EXE /home/jules/purebasic/code/first.pb
PureBasic 5.44 LTS (Windows - x86) - (c) 2016 Fantaisie Software
A filename need to be specified.
Type 'pbcompiler /?' for quick help.

[Marc56us]

You must provide the EXE filename you want to be created after /EXE (because it can be different of source file)

/EXE "Filename": Create an executable to the given filename

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Z:\home\jules\.wine\drive_c\Program Files\PureBasic\Compilers>pbcompiler /EXE "/home/jules/purebasic/code/first.exe" /home/jules/purebasic/code/first.pb

Do not forget to add extension .exe (compiler does not add it by default)

Note: without /EXE and filename, PB create an exe called PureBasic.exe in folder of pbcompiler (dangerous!)
IDE create PureBasic_Compilation0.exe (and 1, 2, 3 etc)

You are right, the message is not explicite, IMHO it must be
An output filename need to be specified.

[segfault]

Thanks Marc56us, but running that command I get "unknown switch":

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wine pbcompiler /EXE "/home/jules/purebasic/code/first.exe" /home/jules/purebasic/code/first.pb
/HOME/JULES/PUREBASIC/CODE/FIRST.PB: Unknown switch

Maybe it's easier if I just create the exe from the Windows IDE under Wine.

[Marc56us]

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wine pbcompiler /EXE "/home/jules/purebasic/code/first.exe" /home/jules/purebasic/code/first.pb
/HOME/JULES/PUREBASIC/CODE/FIRST.PB: Unknown switch

Try:

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wine pbcompiler /EXE "/home/jules/purebasic/code/first.exe" "\home\jules\purebasic\code\first.pb"

Test: Linux Debian 8 x64 on VirtualBox 5 (yes I know I'm root it's bad, but it's to late for me)

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root@debian:~/Wine_PureBasic/PureBasicLTS/Compilers# wine pbcompiler /exe "/root/Documents/hello.exe" "\root\Documents\hello.pb" 

******************************************
PureBasic 5.44 LTS (Windows - x86)
******************************************

Compiling \root\Documents\hello.pb
Loading external libraries...
Starting compilation...
3 lines processed.
Creating executable "/root/Documents/hello.exe".

- Feel the ..PuRe.. Power -

root@debian:~/Wine_PureBasic/PureBasicLTS/Compilers# ls -l hello*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3072 mai   24 13:52 hello.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   31 mai   24 13:51 hello.pb

root@debian:~/Wine_PureBasic/PureBasicLTS/Compilers# 

It works

The last time I used Wine it was in 1999 (!) I just reinstall it today (18 years later...) just to solve your problem

[segfault]

The last time I used Wine it was in 1999 (!) I just reinstall it today (18 years later...) just to solve your problem

I really appreciate your help, but sadly still no luck. Did you mean for the second path to be using forward slashes instead of backslashes? Anyway, I tried both ways and here are the results (note that I changed the file to "Gadget.pb" taken from the examples folder):

With forward slashes

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wine pbcompiler /EXE "/home/jules/purebasic/code/first.exe" "\home\jules\purebasic\code\Gadget.pb"

******************************************
PureBasic 5.44 LTS (Windows - x86)
******************************************

Compiling \home\jules\purebasic\code\Gadget.pb
Loading external libraries...
Error: File not found (\home\jules\purebasic\code\Gadget.pb).

with backslashes:

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wine pbcompiler /EXE "/home/jules/purebasic/code/first.exe" "/home/jules/purebasic/code/Gadget.pb"
/HOME/JULES/PUREBASIC/CODE/GADGET.PB: Unknown switch

So I'm guessing it worked on your system?

[Marc56us]

Source file exist ?

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Error: File not found (\home\jules\purebasic\code\Gadget.pb)

What result of:

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file /home/jules/purebasic/code/Gadget.pb

Reply must be:

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/home/jules/purebasic/code/Gadget.pb : ASCII text

[segfault]

Aha!

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/home/jules/purebasic/code/Gadget.pb: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators

So I guess the problem is it's not recognized as a Windows file. I need to convert it, or use Gadget.pb from the Windows installation.

I'll do that and try again.

[segfault]

Strange, I converted the file using unix2dos but the file command still returns

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/home/jules/purebasic/code/Gadget.pb: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators

[Marc56us]

all works for me
(Test now with PB sample Gadget.pb)
(previous file created with (horrible) 'vi' just a ligne MessageRequester("", "Hello"))
(removed long prompt)

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# file ../Examples/Sources/Gadget.pb
../Examples/Sources/Gadget.pb: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators

# wine pbcompiler.exe /EXE "Gadget.exe" ../Examples/Sources/Gadget.pb

******************************************
PureBasic 5.44 LTS (Windows - x86)
******************************************

Compiling ../Examples/Sources/Gadget.pb
Loading external libraries...
Starting compilation...
125 lines processed.
Creating executable "Gadget.exe".

# ls -l Ga*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55296 mai   24 15:30 Gadget.exe

# file Gadget.exe 
Gadget.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Then transfered on Windows for test = OK

[segfault]

Ok it finally works, but only when I put the source file in the compilers folder. So I guess the problem was to do with path/environment variables. I'll have to find out how to add these in Wine. Thanks a lot for your help.