Building C++ file with g++ in Windows not working as .bat - c++

Question

Good morning,
I am a new user of Windows (+10 years using Linux) and for some reason I have to compile a C++ program. I do not have a big experience in debugging in Windows, but I am eager to understand what I do wrong.
I use MinGW with g++ and different libraries, particularly one called libjpeg.
When I compile & build the file in a PowerShell using the following command, everything works fine, and my C++ code gives me the expected results.
g++ -o imageProcessing imageProcessing.cpp -lgdi32 -Dgmic_use_jpeg -I'C:\GnuWin32\include' -L'C:\GnuWin32\lib' -ljpeg
When I use the exact same command in a .bat file, or directly in my C++ editor (geany), I have this error:
imageProcessing.cpp:6:21: fatal error: jpeglib.h: No such file or directory
#include <jpeglib.h>
^
compilation terminated.
It doesn't find the jpeglib.h.
The correct path were set in the environmental variables.
The libjpeg I use allows me to open/save jpeg pictures when I use the CImg library. It can be found here:
Jpeg for Windows
Here is a very simple example:
#include <iostream>
#include <jpeglib.h>
using namespace std;
int main() {
float number;
cout << "Enter a number: ";
cin >> number;
}
Let's call this test.cpp and its location is: C:\Users\Rémi\Documents\Image_Procesing\C++\testCImg
Here is what I've added in my environmental variables path: C:\GnuWin32\lib;C:\GnuWin32\bin;C:\MinGW\bin;
Here is my test.bat: g++ -o test test.cpp -lgdi32 -Dgmic_use_jpeg -I'C:\GnuWin32\include' -L'C:\GnuWin32\lib' -ljpeg
test.bat is also located in: C:\Users\Rémi\Documents\Image_Procesing\C++\testCImg
the .bat fail is the following:
C:\Users\Rémi\Documents\Image_Procesing\C++\testCImg>g++ -o test test.cpp -lgdi32 -Dgmic_use_jpeg -I'C:\GnuWin32\include
' -L'C:\GnuWin32\lib' -ljpeg
test.cpp:3:21: fatal error: jpeglib.h: No such file or directory
#include <jpeglib.h>
^
compilation terminated.
I spent all my day yesterday trying to figure it out, and I am limited by my Windows knowledge.
If someone could help me, I would appreciate it very much.
Thank you.

Answer 1

When you have include path problems, ask GCC to tell you what it's using.
In the below example, you can clearly see that it's searching for a location 'test' and ignoring it for not existing.
You can then deduce that, as mentioned elsewhere, the single quotes are wrong in Batch. At that point you'd give "test" a go and achieve success.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\lightness>g++ -E -x c++ - -v -I'test'
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
Target: mingw32
Configured with: ../../src/gcc-4.7.1/configure --build=mingw32 --enable-language
s=c,c++,ada,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-threads=win32 --enable-libgomp --enabl
e-lto --enable-fully-dynamic-string --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-version-sp
ecific-runtime-libs --with-gnu-ld --disable-nls --disable-win32-registry --disab
le-symvers --disable-build-poststage1-with-cxx --disable-werror --prefix=/mingw3
2tdm --with-local-prefix=/mingw32tdm --enable-cxx-flags='-fno-function-sections
-fno-data-sections' --with-pkgversion=tdm-1 --enable-sjlj-exceptions --with-bugu
rl=http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/bugs
Thread model: win32
gcc version 4.7.1 (tdm-1)
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-E' '-v' '-I' ''\''test'\''' '-mtune=i386' '-march=i386'
c:/mingw32/bin/../libexec/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/cc1plus.exe -E -quiet -v -I 'test'
-iprefix c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/ - -mtune=i386 -march=i386
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../../..
/../mingw32/include"
ignoring duplicate directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/inc
lude/c++"
ignoring duplicate directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/inc
lude/c++/mingw32"
ignoring duplicate directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/inc
lude/c++/backward"
ignoring duplicate directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/inc
lude"
ignoring duplicate directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../
../../../include"
ignoring duplicate directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/inc
lude-fixed"
ignoring nonexistent directory "c:/mingw32/lib/gcc/../../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/.
./../../../mingw32/include"
ignoring nonexistent directory "'test'"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/include/c++
c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/include/c++/mingw32
c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/include/c++/backward
c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/include
c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/../../../../include
c:\mingw32\bin\../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.7.1/include-fixed
End of search list.
# 1 "<stdin>"

Answer 2

Argument tokens in Windows traditionally use the " character. I'm thinking the single quotes are being interpreted as part of the path names, resulting in the "no such file or directory" errors. That would explain why it works in PowerShell, though, as single quotes are valid there.
See if you have better luck with this:
g++ -o imageProcessing imageProcessing.cpp -lgdi32 -Dgmic_use_jpeg -I"C:\GnuWin32\include" -L"C:\GnuWin32\lib" -ljpeg