I trying to compare variable and string in Makefile for defining different actions depending on which value user appointed to variable from the command line. But every time I get an unexpected result.
Example:
Makefile
print:
ifeq ("minikube", $(env))
#echo "yes"
else
#echo "no"
endif
Execution from shell
$ make print env=minikube
no
Additional info
GNU Make version 4.2.1
GNU bash version 5.0.17
Ubuntu 20.04
Related
Problem summary
I am trying to install an open-source parallel finite-element code called TACS and available at this github repository. To comply with the indicated prerequisites, I followed the instructions at this github repository, which allowed me to install SuiteSparse and METIS on Windows with precompiled BLAS/LAPACK DLLs. For the MPI, I installed both the Intel MPI Library and Open MPI through Cygwin. The final step should be to compile running make, however this command is not directly available in Windows 10. As a consequence, I explored the options suggested in this question, unfortunately without success. I feel at a dead end, any help will be appreciated.
What I've tried
Please have a look below at my attempts. I am mainly a Windows user and I don't know much of compiling programs using Makefile. My current understanding is that the Makefile that I am trying to compile is written for Linux and whatever GNU compiler for Windows I use will not work because of the different syntax needed. Please correct me if I am wrong. What I can't understand is why I get errors also when I try to compile with Ubuntu Bash for Windows 10 (last attempt of the list below).
Visual Studio nmake
Running the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019 as administrator, I typed nmake -f Makefile in TACS base directory and I got Makefile.in(28) : fatal error U1001: syntax error : illegal character '{' in macro Stop.
Chocolatey make
Running Windows Command Prompt as administrator with C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin at the top of PATH environment variable, I typed make in TACS base directory and I got
"" was unexpected at this time.
make: *** [Makefile:23: default] Error 255
Cygwin make
Running Windows Command Prompt as administrator with C:\cygwin64\bin at the top of PATH environment variables, I typed make in TACS base directory and I got three types of error:
error: expected ',' or '...' before numeric constant
error: cannot convert 'int*' to 'idx_t*' {aka 'long int*'}
error: no matching function for call to 'TACSSchurMat::getBCSRMat(BCSRMat**, NULL, NULL, NULL)'
I tried to change some variable names in the affected scripts (like N_ in place of _N) and I got rid of the first and the third type of error, but not of the second one.
GnuWin make
Running Windows Command Prompt as administrator with C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin at the top of PATH environment variables, I typed make in TACS base directory and I got
"" was unexpected at this time.
make: *** [Makefile:23: default] Error 255
MinGW mingw32-make
Running Windows Command Prompt as administrator with C:\MinGW\bin at the top of PATH environment variables, I typed mingw32-make in TACS base directory and I got
"" was unexpected at this time.
Makefile:23: recipe for target 'default' failed
mingw32-make: *** [default] Error 255
MSYS MinGW 64-bit make
Running Windows Command Prompt as administrator with C:\msys64\usr\bin at the top of PATH environment variables, I typed make in TACS base directory and I got
make[1]: mpicxx: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [../TACS_Common.mk:28: C:/Users/qa21944/git/tacs/src/TACSAssembler.o] Error 127
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: mpicxx: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [../TACS_Common.mk:28: C:/Users/qa21944/git/tacs/src/TACSCreator.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory '/c/Users/qa21944/git/tacs/src'
make: *** [Makefile:23: default] Error 1
This is quite difficult for me to understand, as the mpicxx file is C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\mpi\latest\bin, which in turn is in the PATH environment variable. When I tried to add C:\cygwin64\bin to PATH (below C:\msys64\usr\bin) and to rerun make, I got
0 [main] opal_wrapper (14432) C:\cygwin64\bin\opal_wrapper.exe: *** fatal error - cygheap base mismatch detected - 0x180352408/0x180357408.
This problem is probably due to using incompatible versions of the cygwin DLL.
Search for cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start->Find/Search facility
and delete all but the most recent version. The most recent version *should*
reside in x:\cygwin\bin, where 'x' is the drive on which you have
installed the cygwin distribution. Rebooting is also suggested if you
are unable to find another cygwin DLL.
I tried to follow these instructions and then rebooted my computer, but nothing changed.
Ubuntu Bash for Windows 10 make
This attempt was inspired by this answer. I downloaded Ubuntu from Microsoft Store and installed make. From the Ubuntu Bash I typed make in TACS base directory and I got
make[1]: Entering directory '/mnt/c/Users/qa21944/git/tacs/src'
Makefile:26: *** target pattern contains no '%'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/mnt/c/Users/qa21944/git/tacs/src'
make: *** [Makefile:23: default] Error 1
I do not understand why I should get this error. I also made sure that all lines started with a tab rather than white spaces, but nothing changed.
Codes
Below you can find the Makefile.in and Makefile that I am using.
Makefile.in
# Do not modify this file. Copy this file to Makefile.in and then modify it.
# In order to get TACS to compile, you'll need to fill in the
# following path information. Some of the items below are required
# only if you're going to use the python interface.
# the full path to the root TACS directory
TACS_DIR = C:/Users/qa21944/git/tacs
CXX = mpicxx
RM = rm -f
PYTHON = python
PYTHON_CONFIG = python-config
# Set up for parallel make
MAKE = make -j 8
# Set the ar flags
AR_FLAGS = rcs
# Flags for debugging and regular compilation versions
EXTRA_DEBUG_CC_FLAGS = -fPIC -g
EXTRA_CC_FLAGS = -fPIC -O3
# Use this if you have problems with mpich
# TACS_DEF = -DMPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK
# Defines whether to use static or dynamic linking
# TACS_LD_CMD=${TACS_DIR}/lib/libtacs.a
TACS_LD_CMD=-L${TACS_DIR}/lib/ -Wl,-rpath,${TACS_DIR}/lib -ltacs
# For linux systems, use the following settings:
SO_EXT=so
SO_LINK_FLAGS=-fPIC -shared
# For MAC OS X, use the following settings:
# SO_EXT=so
# SO_LINK_FLAGS=-fPIC -dynamiclib
# This uses the default installation of LAPACK.
# Use an optimized version of LAPACK if available.
# You may also have to include -lblas as well.
LAPACK_LIBS = -LC:/SP_ROOT/lapack_windows/x64 -llapack -lpthread -lblas
# For MAC OSX use the accelerate framework
# LAPACK_LIBS=-framework accelerate
# METIS is handy for partitioning graphs, but can be problematic for
# compilation. If you compile METIS using a C++ compiler you must add
# -DTACS_CPLUSPLUS_METIS to the TACS_DEF arguments below. If you
# compile METIS using a C compiler, there should be no issues.
METIS_INCLUDE = -IC:/SP_ROOT/build/install/include
METIS_LIB = -LC:/SP_ROOT/build/install/lib -lmetis
# AMD is a set of routines for ordering matrices. It is not required by default.
AMD_INCLUDE = -IC:/SP_ROOT/build/install/include/suitesparse
AMD_LIBS = -LC:/SP_ROOT/build/install/lib -llibamd
Makefile
# ============================================
#
# Make file for TACS_DIR/
#
# ============================================
include Makefile.in
include TACS_Common.mk
TACS_SUBDIRS = src \
src/bpmat \
src/elements \
src/elements/dynamics \
src/elements/basis \
src/elements/shell \
src/constitutive \
src/functions \
src/io
TACS_OBJS := $(addsuffix /*.o, ${TACS_SUBDIRS})
default:
#if [ "${TACS_IS_COMPLEX}" = "true" ]; then \
echo "Building Complex TACS"; \
for subdir in $(TACS_SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo "making $# in $$subdir"; \
echo; (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) TACS_DIR=${TACS_DIR} TACS_DEF="${TACS_DEF} -DTACS_USE_COMPLEX") || exit 1; \
done \
else \
echo "Building Real TACS"; \
for subdir in $(TACS_SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo "making $# in $$subdir"; \
echo; (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) TACS_DIR=${TACS_DIR}) || exit 1; \
done \
fi
${CXX} ${SO_LINK_FLAGS} ${TACS_OBJS} ${TACS_EXTERN_LIBS} -o ${TACS_DIR}/lib/libtacs.${SO_EXT}
#if [ "${TACS_IS_COMPLEX}" = "true" ]; then \
echo "ctypedef complex TacsScalar" > tacs/TacsTypedefs.pxi; \
echo "TACS_NPY_SCALAR = np.NPY_CDOUBLE" > tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
echo "dtype = complex" >> tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
else \
echo "ctypedef double TacsScalar" > tacs/TacsTypedefs.pxi; \
echo "TACS_NPY_SCALAR = np.NPY_DOUBLE" > tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
echo "dtype = np.double" >> tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
fi
debug:
#if [ "${TACS_IS_COMPLEX}" = "true" ]; then \
echo "Building Complex TACS"; \
for subdir in $(TACS_SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo "making $# in $$subdir"; \
echo; (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) debug TACS_DIR=${TACS_DIR} TACS_DEF="${TACS_DEF} -DTACS_USE_COMPLEX") || exit 1; \
done \
else \
echo "Building Real TACS"; \
for subdir in $(TACS_SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo "making $# in $$subdir"; \
echo; (cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) debug TACS_DIR=${TACS_DIR}) || exit 1; \
done \
fi
${CXX} ${SO_LINK_FLAGS} ${TACS_OBJS} ${TACS_EXTERN_LIBS} -o ${TACS_DIR}/lib/libtacs.${SO_EXT}
#if [ "${TACS_IS_COMPLEX}" = "true" ]; then \
echo "ctypedef complex TacsScalar" > tacs/TacsTypedefs.pxi; \
echo "TACS_NPY_SCALAR = np.NPY_CDOUBLE" > tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
echo "dtype = complex" >> tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
else \
echo "ctypedef double TacsScalar" > tacs/TacsTypedefs.pxi; \
echo "TACS_NPY_SCALAR = np.NPY_DOUBLE" > tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
echo "dtype = np.double" >> tacs/TacsDefs.pxi; \
fi
interface:
${PYTHON} setup.py build_ext --inplace
complex_interface:
${PYTHON} setup.py build_ext --inplace --define TACS_USE_COMPLEX
complex: TACS_IS_COMPLEX=true
complex: default
complex_debug: TACS_IS_COMPLEX=true
complex_debug: debug
clean:
${RM} lib/libtacs.a lib/libtacs.so
${RM} tacs/*.so tacs/*.cpp
#for subdir in $(TACS_SUBDIRS) ; do \
echo "making $# in $$subdir"; \
echo; \
(cd $$subdir && $(MAKE) $# TACS_DIR=${TACS_DIR}) || exit 1; \
done
Edit: I am adding a snippet of TACS_Common.mk as requested in the comments.
TACS_Common.mk
TACS_LIB = ${TACS_DIR}/lib/libtacs.a
TACS_INCLUDE = -I${TACS_DIR}/src \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/bpmat \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/elements \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/elements/dynamics \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/elements/basis \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/elements/shell \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/constitutive \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/functions \
-I${TACS_DIR}/src/io
# Set the command line flags to use for compilation
TACS_OPT_CC_FLAGS = ${TACS_DEF} ${EXTRA_CC_FLAGS} ${METIS_INCLUDE} ${AMD_INCLUDE} ${TACS_INCLUDE}
TACS_DEBUG_CC_FLAGS = ${TACS_DEF} ${EXTRA_DEBUG_CC_FLAGS} ${METIS_INCLUDE} ${AMD_INCLUDE} ${TACS_INCLUDE}
# By default, use the optimized flags
TACS_CC_FLAGS = ${TACS_OPT_CC_FLAGS}
# Set the linking flags to use
TACS_EXTERN_LIBS = ${AMD_LIBS} ${METIS_LIB} ${LAPACK_LIBS}
TACS_LD_FLAGS = ${EXTRA_LD_FLAGS} ${TACS_LD_CMD} ${TACS_EXTERN_LIBS}
# This is the one rule that is used to compile all the
# source code in TACS
%.o: %.cpp
${CXX} ${TACS_CC_FLAGS} -c $< -o $*.o
#echo
#echo " --- Compiled $*.cpp successfully ---"
#echo
I can't answer but maybe I can orient you.
First nmake is not make. It will not work with any makefile not written specifically as an nmake makefile. And it's only available on Windows. So, best to just forget it exists.
Second, it's important to understand how make works: rules in makefiles are a combination of targets/prerequisites, and a recipe. The recipe is not in "makefile" syntax, it's a shell script (batch file). So make works in tandem with the shell, to run commands. Which shell? On POSIX systems like GNU/Linux and MacOS it's very simple: a POSIX shell; by default /bin/sh.
On Windows systems it's much less simple: there are a lot of options. It could be cmd.exe. It could be PowerShell. It could be a POSIX shell, that was installed by the user. Which one is chosen by default, depends on how your version of make was compiled. That's why you see different behaviors for different "ports" of make to Windows.
So, if you look at the makefiles you are trying to use you can see they are unquestionably written specifically for a POSIX system and expect a POSIX shell and a POSIX environment. Any attempt to use a version of make that invokes cmd.exe as its default shell will fail immediately with syntax errors ("" was unexpected at this time.).
OK, so you find a version of make that invokes a POSIX shell, and you don't get that error anymore.
But then you have to contend with another difference: directory separators. In Windows they use backslash. In POSIX systems, they use forward slash and backslash is an escape character (so it's not just passed through the shell untouched). If you are going to use paths in a POSIX shell, you need to make sure your paths use forward slashes else the shell will remove them as escape characters. Luckily, most Windows programs accept forward slashes as well as backslashes as directory separators (but not all: for example cmd.exe built-in tools do not).
Then you have to contend with the Windows abomination known as drive letters. This is highly problematic for make because to make, the : character is special in various places. So when make sees a line like C:/foo:C:/bar its parser will get confused, and you get errors. Some versions of make compiled for Windows enable a heuristic which tries to see if a path looks like a drive letter or not. Some just assume POSIX-style paths. They can also be a problem for the POSIX shell: many POSIX environments on Windows map drive letters to standard POSIX paths, so C:\foo is written as /c/foo or /mnt/c/foo or something else. If you are adding paths to your makefile you need to figure out what the right mapping, if any, is and use that.
That's not even to start discussing the other differences between POSIX and Windows... there are so many.
From what you've shown above, this project was not written with any sort of portability to Windows in mind. Given the complexity of this, that's not surprising: it takes a huge amount of work. So you have these options that I can see:
Port it yourself to be Windows-compatible
Try to get it working inside cygwin (cygwin is intended to be a POSIX-style environment that runs on Windows)
Try to get it working in WSL
Install a virtual machine using VMWare, VirtualBox, etc. running a Linux distribution and build and run it there
Unfortunately I don't know much about the pros and cons of these approaches so I can't advise you as to the best course.
The route I chose, long long ago, was to get rid of Windows entirely and just use GNU/Linux. But of course that won't be possible for everyone :).
You need a real answer: you can't compile using the Windows Command Prompt.
Get yourself MSYS2 -- which will also install MinGW-w64 -- and follow the setup instructions. Then launch the MSYS shell to get a unix-y terminal prompt (zsh, IIRC), and change directory to the head of the project folder.
To access the Windows filesystem the root directory will be either /c or /mnt/c (sorry, on my mobile ATM, I can improve this in a day or two). For example,
C:\Users\qa21944\git\tacs
becomes
/c/Users/qa21944/git/tacs
From there the GNU/Windows make command should work:
mingw32-make
There is also this post to use more modern *nix environments under Windows:
How to install and use "make" in Windows?
Thanks may be overkill for what you need, though.
When I finish traveling and can sit down to look at this properly I can improve this answer's details, but getting a Linux shell terminal is what you need.
I know that in order to set a variable, we do -DVARIABLE=VALUE, but what if I need to unset it?
I tried -DVARIABLE=FALSE but it didn't work, the compiler complains about what does FALSE means
The magic flag is -U. Trimmed output:
$ grep DOCS CMakeCache.txt
HOUSEGUEST_BUILD_DOCS:BOOL=OFF
$ cmake -UHOUSEGUEST_BUILD_DOCS .
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /my/build/folder
$ !grep
grep DOCS CMakeCache.txt
HOUSEGUEST_BUILD_DOCS:BOOL=ON
From cmake --help:
-U <globbing_expr> = Remove matching entries from CMake cache.
I just started learning C++, and I've been trying to run my program from the command line using:
g++ helloworld.cpp
which works, then I typed
./a.out
then it returns the error '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command.
I tried doing a.out, but it returns:
'a.out' is not recognized as an internal or external command.
I'm pretty new to the command line so it might be quite a novice problem. I'm using the gnu gcc compiler. My code is just a simple code for printing "helloworld", and it doesn't seem to be a problem with the code since the line g++ helloworld.cpp doesn't throw up any error. Just to add, I'm using windows 8.
My best guess would be that a.out is not in your directory. Usually, when compiling your program from the command line, add the -o flag and name your executable (like helloworld.exe). Then you'll be sure that an executable of that name is actually being created.
In your case, since you're most likely running Windows, without specifying a -o flag, the default is a.exe and not a.out, so when you used ./a.out that executable didn't exist. In this case, you can run your program by typing a or a.exe. You don't need the leading ./ on Windows.
./a.out
If you are in *NIX world, using linux or any other UNIX related platforms
.(dot) means current directory and a.out is an executable.
ls -l a.out
list its permissions and make sure it has executable permission. If it dont have use following command to give it permission; usually it should have when your generated the a.out file.
chmod 755 a.out
If your file is not in current directory use the absolute path to invoke the executable file
<absolute_path>/a.out
It should work if you have taken care all above criteria.
In the Windows world, "\" is used to separate files and directories:
C:\Windows\System32\Etc
However most other operating systems, and the web, use "/"
file:///c/windows/system32/etc
/etc/motd
In Unix "." refers to the current directory, and Windows/DOS mostly support this.
The Unix-based compilers expect you to specify an output file name for a compilation, and the default is "a.out". But you can override it with "-o"
g++ test.cpp -o test.exe
This creates a file called "test.exe" in the current directory. If you are using MinGW's "bash" command line, you should be able to run the above executable by typing:
./test.exe # note: no spaces!
at a "$" prompt
$ ./test.exe
However, if you are in a directory, say C:\Dev in the DOS command prompt, that won't work. DOS thinks '/' means "start of a parameter":
C:\Dev\> dir /w
outputs "wide" format dir
So, if you're using DOS, you just need to type:
test.exe
or
.\test.exe
e.g.
C:\Dev\> test.exe
C:\Dev\> .\test.exe
C:\Dev\> c:\dev\test.exe
or if you're relying on "a.out"
C:\Dev\> a.out
C:\Dev\> .\a.out
I just recently switched back to Linux from windows and VC, but I never done any special coding using g++ compiler.
Currently my libraries (boost and others) are scattered all over the hard drive and I need to learn how to setup my compiler and linker so that all the compiler settings..
(includes, libs, flags) etc.. will be held in one single file or place, so that it becomes easy to manage, because I don't want to type these things every time I launch the compiler on command line.
Also note that I'm using a vim as my code editor and do not want to use IDE.
What is the best way to achieve that goal?
You need to use some of Building tools. It's allow you type small command (in vim you need just type :make) which launch build process with predetermined parameters (includes, libs, etc).
For C++ in Linux the most common tools are:
- make;
- automake;
- CMake.
If you use Qt also qmake is available.
I've had experience with all of them and my suggestion is use plain make for small projects and CMake for others and don't use autotools while you don't have to do it.
Note: All hight-level tools just help generate appropriate files (Makefile) for plain make (CMake generate Makefile based on CMakeLists.txt, automake based on Makefile.am, qmake based on *.pro).
because I don't want to type these things every time I launch the
compiler on command line.
I don't like to type either. All I want to do for small builds is issue:
(1) a short alias (2) the name of the file to compile, and (3) an output file.
Then I want my tool to take care of all common options, and if necessary, include the paths to any extra -I include directories, -L library directories and form the command line for me.
I have a short script that can handle the drudgery. Separating your projects into separate directories and including a 'bldflags' file with specific options allows the scripts to load any project specific options you may require. It is flexible enough to take any additional options specified on the command line. Alias the script in your .bashrc, and all that is required for quick builds is:
g+ filename.cpp outname
Now this is a very basic script and is not intented to replace proper build tools for your projects, but for quick compilations, it, or something like it, will sure cut down on the typing required. Here is the short script:
#!/bin/bash
## validate input
test -n "$1" && test -n "$2"|| { echo "insufficient input. usage: ${0//*\//} source.cpp out [options]"; exit 1; }
## set standard build flags and test if exists/source ./bldflags
stdclfags="-Wall" # add any standard flags you use.
test -r ./bldflags && bldflags="`<./bldflags`"
## show build command and call g++
echo -e "building $1 with:\n g++ $stdclfags -o $2 $1 $bldflags ${#:3}"
g++ $stdclfags -o "$2" "$1" $bldflags ${#:3}
exit 0
Make the script executable and include a simple alias in your .bashrc giving it any name you like:
alias g+='/home/david/scr/utl/bgc++.sh'
Examples of basic use: (basic without additional flags or a ./bldflags file)
$ g+ input.cpp output
building input.cpp with:
g++ -Wall -o output input.cpp
With a few extra options added on the command line:
$ g+ input.cpp output -Wunused -fno-default-inline
building input.cpp with:
g++ -Wall -o output input.cpp -Wunused -fno-default-inline
Including project specific options in ./bldflags (e.g: -I/home/david/inc -L/home/david/lib -Wl,-rpath=/home/david/lib
g+ input.cpp output -Wunused -fno-default-inline
building input.cpp with:
g++ -Wall -o output input.cpp -I/home/david/inc -L/home/david/lib -Wl,-rpath=/home/david/lib -Wunused -fno-default-inline
So to address the I don't want to type these things every time I launch the
compiler on command line, this is a very quick and easy way I've found to cut the typing down to a minimum for quick/repetitive builds where a full Makefile isn't needed.
two simple questions:
how do i call eclipse cdt generated make file with all the environment variable ? for example, my make file is generated at location PROJECT_FOLDER_ROOT/Debug/makefile , and if i try to call it:
khan#khan-P55A-UD3P:~/git/gcc/libGCC/Debug$ make -k -j5 all
Building file: ../src/utility/Versioning.cpp
Invoking: Cross G++ Compiler
mipsel-openwrt-linux-g++ -I/home/khan/carambola.pristine/staging_dir/target-mipsel_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -O0 -g3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"src/utility/Versioning.d" -MT"src/utility/Versioning.d" -o "src/utility/Versioning.o" "../src/utility/Versioning.cpp"
/bin/sh: 1: mipsel-openwrt-linux-g++: not found
make: * [src/utility/Versioning.o] Error 127
make: Target `all' not remade because of errors.
it is looking for mipsel-openwrt-linux-g++ , which is an environment variable for the eclipse build system . how to include it in the command line usage?
second question:
is there any way to automatically increment build number in CDT ? google search was not helpful in this regard.
right after asking here, it managed to figure out the eclipse makefile issue:
i wrote this script to do it. hope it helps someone:
#!/bin/bash
CURRENT_PATH=$PWD
DEBUG_FOLDER_PATH=$CURRENT_PATH/Debug
TOOLCHAIN_PATH=/home/khan/carambola.pristine/staging_dir/toolchain-mipsel_r2_gcc-4.7-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/bin
cd $DEBUG_FOLDER_PATH
export CWD=$DEBUG_FOLDER_PATH
export PWD=$DEBUG_FOLDER_PATH
export PATH=$TOOLCHAIN_PATH:$PATH
echo $CWD
echo $PWD
echo $PATH
make -k -j5 $1 $2 $3 $4
however, i am still looking for a way to increment build number somehow. any help would be appreciated.
thnkyou