filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect

Question

when I am running this .bat file on command prompt it is throwing an error i.e "The filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect".

Batch file contains--

nmake /nologo /f makefile /a
pause

makefile contains the following:

# nmake makefile to build a sample ADK MAC compliant application 
# NOTE: EOSSDK is needed to resolve ADK Library references and header file includes  

VRXSDK = C:\eVoAps\SDK\1.2.0\VRXSDK
#VXEOS = C:\eVoAps\EOSSDK\2.1.4
ADK = C:\eVoAps\ADK
VSFSTOOL = C:\Program Files\VERIFONE\FST

VRXIncludes = $(VRXSDK)\include
ADKIncludes = $(ADK)\VRX\Include
EOSIncludes = $(EOSSDKNEW)\include\ssl2

IncDir = .\Source
SrcDir = .\Source
ObjDir = .\Objects
OutDir = .\Download

EOSObjects  = C:\eVoAps\SDK\1.2.0\EOSSDKNEW\lib
Includes = -I$(IncDir) -I$(VRXIncludes) -I$(EOSIncludes) -I$(ADKIncludes) -I$(SrcDir) 

# Compiler options 
# Ignoring warning 1295 - Deprecated declaration - give arg types
# Defiing _VRXEVO for Verix specific code in the sample.  
COptions = -vsoapp -g -p -armcc,"--diag_suppress 1295" -D _VRXEVO -DLOGAPI_ENABLE_DEBUG -DVFI_GUIPRT_IMPORT -DVFI_MAC_DLL_IMPORT -DVFI_IPC_DLL_IMPORT -DVFI_SYSINFO_DLL_IMPORT -DVFI_SYSBAR_DLL_IMPORT
LinkOptions = -vsoapp -g -p 

# NOTE: elog.o required to resolve references in the ADK libs.  Log lib requires STL
# LibVFIMac only needed to resolve sysShowDesktop()
# svc_net.o required for mac library....
Libs = $(ADK)\vrx\lib\libvfiguiprt.so \
    $(ADK)\vrx\lib\libvfiipc.so \
    $(ADK)\vrx\lib\liblog.so\
    $(ADK)\vrx\lib\libvfimac.so \
    $(VRXSDK)\lib\vxstl.so  \
    $(EOSSDKNEW)\lib\svc_net.o \
    $(EOSSDKNEW)\lib\elog.o 

AppObjects = $(ObjDir)\BossApp.o

$(OutDir)\BossApp.vsa.p7s : $(OutDir)\BossApp.vsa
    "$(VSFSTOOL)\FST" BossApp.fst

$(OutDir)\BossApp.vsa : $(AppObjects)
    $(VRXSDK)\bin\vrxcc $(AppObjects) $(Libs) -o $@
    $(VRXSDK)\bin\vrxhdr -s 128000 -h 128000 -l ELOG.LIB=N:/ELOG.LIB -l NET.LIB=N:/NET.LIB 
    $(OutDir)\BossApp.vsa

######  Compile #######
$(ObjDir)\BossApp.o : $(SrcDir)\BossApp.cpp
    $(VRXSDK)\bin\vrxcc -c $(Includes) $(COptions) -o $(ObjDir)\BossApp.o $(SrcDir)\BossApp.cpp

I am unable to figure out what i'm missing here.Please help me.

If you want us to help you, you need to describe what you expect to happen and what the code actually does... — aschipfl, Mar 08 '16 at 14:59
...what language is this? It's not batch. It almost looks like somebody tried to write bash for Windows. Is it PowerShell? — SomethingDark, Mar 08 '16 at 15:30
this is makefile. batch file contains-- nmake /nologo /f makefile /a pause — user5759780, Mar 08 '16 at 16:03
The batch file works fine, it calls `nmake`. In your makefile is an error, but this is completely unrelated to batch files. It's always a good idea to debug code, to put some `echo` statements to surround the error — jeb, Mar 08 '16 at 16:23
Obviously somewhere is an error, you should find the line and output the variables there. Try a look at the help pages of `nmake` or search for `nmake verbose` — jeb, Mar 08 '16 at 16:47

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 10:52

This will likely be the reason for a very low % of people but I was getting this error from any .BAT file on my machine (happened to be Windows Server 2019). In my case I was getting the error because I had recently installed ConEmu (console replacement app) and had it set for Integration mode (where it replaces the normal CMD app) and it was failing to launch .BAT files correctly. Once I turned off Integration mode for ConEmu my .BAT files started working again.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 15:08

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This procedure is not written in windows batch. It needs to be written in windows batch language to be processed by cmd.exe.

answered Mar 08 '16 at 15:08

Magoo

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batch file contains-- nmake /nologo /f makefile /a pause – user5759780 Mar 08 '16 at 15:59

filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect

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