Sorted - this appears to be related to my virus-checker's sandboxing.
If I run win_flex 2.6.3 as follows, I don't get a sample.flex.cpp file - I get an "mpat" file. In fact, if I run win_flex with "-wincompat" (note that wincompat contains the letters mpat), it only ever generates an mpat file, not the file specified by -outfile. Is this a known bug or is it somehow unique to me?? win_flex.exe --outfile="sample.flex.cpp" --wincompat "sample.l" Here's verbose output: win_flex version 2.6.3 usage statistics: scanner options: -ivwI8 -Cem -ompat 26/2000 NFA states 8/1000...
If I run win_flex 2.6.3 as follows, I don't get a sample.flex.cpp file - I get an "mpat" file. In fact, if I run win_flex with "-wincompat" (note that wincompat contains the letters mpat), it only ever generates an mpat file, not the file specified by -outfile. Is this a known bug or is it somehow unique to me?? win_flex.exe --outfile="sample.flex.cpp" --wincompat "sample.l"