makefile appearing in different folder

[L]

Here is the scenario.

I have a folder calle build inside the rockbox source folder which is name rockbox-devel.

So build is at rockbox-devel/build

Using cygwin, I navigated to the build folder

Typed ../tools/configure and entered in 21 for the Ipod Nano.

It then proceeds and says Makefile created.

However, makefile does not appear in my build folder. Instead it appears in rockbox-devel.

Typing make gets me the error - No makefile found

How do I fix this?

[saratoga]

Thats very odd.  What happens if you copy the make file to the build directory?

[L]

After copying it in, it now says

/home/Shindou: No such file or directory. Stop.

[tools] Error 2

[saratoga]

Whats the full path you're running it from (pwd)?

[L]

Hi,

the full path is /home/Shindou Hikaru/rockbox-devel/build

I guess the spacing in my home directory is causing the problem?

If I change it, will things be messed up?

[saratoga]

I'm not sure, but I think you should probably create a user with no spaces in the name.

[L]

Hi, I tried it out. Renaming the folders won't work as cygwin would just create another one.

The way to make it work would be to rename your Windows username to one without spacing through Control Panel - > User Accounts.

After that, run cygwin and type mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd

After that, restart cygwin and they'll create the user that is the same name as your Windows one.

Just a reference to others who might get into the same problem!