M4 "No such file or directory".Bison

Question

This is my code in file skener.y

 %{
#include <stdio.h>
%}
%token T_Int
%%

exp:      T_Int           { $$ = $1;         }
| exp exp '+'     { $$ = $1 + $2;    }
| exp exp '-'     { $$ = $1 - $2;    }
| exp exp '*'     { $$ = $1 * $2;    }
| exp exp '/'     { $$ = $1 / $2;    }

;
%%

When I compile it with comand "bison -d skener.y" I get error "m4: No such file or directory.". Of course I am located in working folder when typing command in prompt. I dont know what is it about?

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '13 at 14:59

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There seems to be some error in the bison.exe file. I replaced it with the one found inside this zip file. http://marin.jb.free.fr/bison/bison-2.4.1-modified.zip

Source:http://marin.jb.free.fr/bison/

answered Dec 01 '13 at 14:59

Tarun Gehlaut

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '19 at 18:19

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There should be no space in the name of any folder in the path. In my case I kept it in C:/Program Files/GnuWin32/bin and it caused the error. Then I moved the folder from Program Files and placed as C:/GnuWin32/bin and it starts working well.

answered Dec 05 '19 at 18:19

Nishat Anjum Lea

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '13 at 20:10

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I got this same error when I installed the GnuWin32 version of bison via their Setup.exe on my Windows 7 PC. The solution was to add the ...\GnuWin32\bin dir to my PATH. (Interestingly, this is first tool of many that had a problem when not in my PATH)

answered Jun 24 '13 at 20:10

jfritz42

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This was part of the problem for me. Tarun's solution was the other part. I just modified the path within my batch file that calls BISON. Thanks for this tip. – Richard Mar 12 '18 at 19:07

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 08 '19 at 14:35

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In my case, I solved it following the jfritz42 answer, but had to add the

...\MinGW\bin

path too to my System Environment Variables...

Let screenshots of my case, hope it helps:)

answered Sep 08 '19 at 14:35

hfunes.com

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 03 '22 at 01:26

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Moved the Folder from

C:\Program Files(x86)\GnuWin32

to

C:\GnuWin32

then, added PATH values to both user variables and system variables as:

C:\GnuWin32\bin

edited Oct 03 '22 at 01:26

Machavity

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answered Feb 10 '22 at 17:37

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 08 '13 at 15:34

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It means that you haven't installed bison properly -- you have an executable, but it is missing its support files.

Go back and reinstall bison.

answered May 08 '13 at 15:34

Chris Dodd

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M4 "No such file or directory".Bison

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