PRB: U1033 from Space After NMAKE Line Continuation Character (72699)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.01
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.1
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.11
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.12
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.13
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.2
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.3
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for MS-DOS 1.4
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2 1.01
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2 1.11
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2 1.12
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2 1.13
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for OS/2 1.21
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for Windows NT 1.4
- Microsoft NMAKE Utility for Windows NT 1.5
This article was previously published under Q72699 SYMPTOMS
An attempt to use NMAKE to process a makefile fails and NMAKE
generates the following message:
fatal error U1033: syntax error : 'string' unexpected
The 'string' is some part of the makefile that NMAKE determines to
be syntactically incorrect.
CAUSE
The makefile contains a line-continuation character (a backslash)
and a character other than a carriage return follows the backslash.
RESOLUTION
Modify the makefile to remove any characters after the line
continuation character. NMAKE interprets the character that follows
the backslash literally and does not append the following line as
desired. The U1033 error occurs because the following line does not
match NMAKE syntax by itself.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/1/2003 |
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| Keywords: | KB72699 |
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