Fw: [Sdcc-user] How to use Makebin.exe?

[Royce & S. P. <be...@et...>]

Hi,

> makebin -s 4096 < file.ihx > file.bin
> that's if you want to make image of fixed size (for your ROM).
> so all unused space in ROM will be filled with 0xff.

> makebin -p < file.ihx > file.bin
> here you get file.bin file that will be exactly the size of your code 
> (not padded with 0xff).
> 
> PS: this was tested by me only on Linux, though i think it should behave 
> similarly in windows.

I tried the above but the *.bin file is just not being generated .eg.

C>makebin -p myfile.ihx myfile.bin

All I get is:

makebin: convert a Intel IHX file to binary.
Usage: makebin [-p] [-s romsize] [-h]

but no bin file!

What am I doing wrong? Does makebin work with win32?
Thanks,
--Royce.