NED files of INET are not loading

[Samvel Siradeghyan]

Hi all

I am trying to run simulation created from command line.

I am using INET.

Here is what commands I am giving:

opp_makemake -f --deep -O out -L../inet/out/gcc-debug/src -linet -DINET_IMPORT -KINET_PROJ=../inet

make MODE=debug CONFIGNAME=gcc-debug all

It is generating make file and executable (TestProj1.exe in my case). Then I am trying to run simulation with this command:

TestProj1.exe -r 0 -n .;../inet/examples;../inet/src -l ../inet/src/inet omnetpp.ini

Output is:

Loading NED files from .:1

....

sh.exe": ../inet/examples: is a directory

sh.exe": ../inet/src: is a directory

because of it I am getting errors (like cannot resolve module type 'WirelessHost').

Am i do something wrong?

How to load NED files on IENT?

Thanks

[Rudolf Hornig]

Yes. Use colon as the (ned) path separator (:) instead of semicolon (;). 

[Samvel Siradeghyan]

Thanks for help.

I was using 4.3.1 Manual.pdf, and there was written "Directories are separated with a semicolon (;).", page 238. May be it is fixed for newer versions.

[Rudolf Hornig]

Hmm, you are right. That is what's written in the manual. The main reason for recommending ; is that you can specify the ned path in a platform neutral way. The problem is that if you use ; in a bash script (and the mingwenv prompt is actually a bash shell on Windows) then the ; is treated by the shell itself as a command separator, so ; means 'end of command'. To avoid this you must quote the given argument. So in strict sense you should write:

TestProj1.exe -r 0 -n ".;../inet/examples;../inet/src" -l ../inet/src/inet omnetpp.ini

note the quotes around the ned path.  Without the quotes it is actually thre commands that should eb executed sequencially:

TestProj1.exe -r 0 -n .

../inet/examples

../inet/src" -l ../inet/src/inet omnetpp.ini

that's why you got the error message for the last two command:

sh.exe": ../inet/examples: is a directory

sh.exe": ../inet/src: is a directory

But usually I'm lazy and just use the : for separator as it is working, too.