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Haven't used nmake in quite a while.  I have a library I need to compile from C source.  I ran vcvars32.bat.  I installed the VS Toolkit and copied nmake from elsewhere and put it in the bin folder of the kit. 

Everyone says it works by just doing nmake -f (filename) but I keep getting the error "can't make /include/fcgi_lib.h".  I did this:  nmake -f c:\fcgi\makefile.nt

So then I put nmake in the fcgi folder but this time it says it can't find cl.exe to compile it.

I know I'm forgetting something stupid so can a brother give a helping hand?

FastCGI Development Kit.
This is only a 0.5M download.  I shortened the name to fcgi.  If you can figure out how to create this, I'd appreciate it.

Paul, which theme are you using? My theme doesn't distinguish URLs from normal text in any way >_<, until I hover the mouse above them... The URL is at FastCGI Development Kit ( http://fastcgi.com/#TheDevKit ).

Howard, I hope I'll have some time tomorrow to look at it.

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables

to "include" add your include folders
to "lib" - the libs
to "path" - the folders of your cl.exe, nmake and all other necessary apps.

every new path is terminated with a ";"

For instance, my "path" has the value:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\WinNT;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin;D:\PalmOSCygwin;D:\masm32\bin;D:\Dev-Cpp\VCToolkit

If you don't want to set the environment variables permanently, you can do "set PATH=blablabla;blubblub;kaka" etc. from your cmd.exe prompt. Also, if you use Visual Studio, there's a "vcvars.bat" you can run to set the variables automagically.

So, with nmake in the bin file
c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin
I run nmake -f c:\fcgi\makefile.nt and I get the following error:
"cl.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command"

I get the same error if I run nmake from c:\fcgi

If I move nmake to c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003, I get:
"don't know how to make include\fcgi_config_x86.h"

Here is what I have set in env variables per Ultrano's instructions above:
INCLUDE c:\fcgi\include;c:\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\include;
LIB c:\fcgi\libfcgi;c:\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\lib;
PATH %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\Program Files\gs\gs8.51\bin;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;c:\Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003\bin;

EDIT:  Is LIB supposed to be LIBS?  Tried both ways but got same errors.
Do I need to restart after changing these?  I have before with no difference.

I tried that but when nmake is not in that folder it says it can't find nmake.
When I move nmake into fcgi, it says it can't find cl.exe

The problem was setting the environment.  With all the fiddling around I was doing I think I lost track of something but it's working now. 

Unfortunately, it needs some include files from the Platform SDK, such as windows.h, which I don't have.  I thought they would be in the toolkit.  I tried pointing it to PellesC include files but it has problems with that. 

If the compiled version of that lib isn't too big, can one of you guys email it to me?  I just don't feel like installing the SDK.

arafel,  thanks so much!  Saved me a lot of trouble.