why

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:58:59 +1000, Bruno Medeiros  
<brunodomedeirosATgmail at SPAM.com> wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:31:32 -0600, Hasan Aljudy wrote:
>>  I finally got it to issue the message, and it has nothing to do with  
>> any of
>> the suggestions so far.
>>  I create the file "c:\temp\main.d" that contained a single line   
>>    void main(){}
>>  I then set my current directory to C:\
>>  and this is the result I got ...
>> ===================
>> C:\>type c:\temp\main.d
>> void main(){}
>> C:\>dmd main.d
>> main.d: module main cannot read file 'main.d'
>>  C:\>
>>  ================
>
> Why create the c:\temp\main.d file? The error happens anywhere, with any  
> module, just by typing "dmd foobar.d" where foobar.d doesn't exist.

Because I was doing many variations and I want to be complete, okay!? Once  
one knows what triggers the problem, one doesn't have to do all the  
dead-ends but I needed to show that the existance of the file SOMEWHERE in  
the system didn't influence the outcome.

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Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia