Re: "input in flex scanner failed " help me please

[Tomas Crhak]

On Thu, 22 May 2003 12:35:01 +0200 (MET DST)
Hans-Bernhard Broeker <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Franck PAULUS wrote:
> 
> > i have made that code, and i have got this result "input in flex scanner
> > failed" under solaris and linux with gcc 2.96 & 3.2. flex 2.5.4
> > Please could you tell me why it append.
> 
> No, because the files you sent are no way near complete enough.  They
> don't even compile, as given:
> 
> jobfile.l: In function `yylex':
> jobfile.l:172: `jobtext' undeclared (first use in this function)
> jobfile.l: In function `lirejob':
> jobfile.l:449: `jobin' undeclared (first use in this function)
> jobfile.l: In function `initjobstruct':
> jobfile.l:510: `jobin' undeclared (first use in this function)

You need to flex them with flex -Pjob jobfile.l
                                ^^^^^
I tried on linux (flex 2.5.4) and I didn't get that message...

> 
> "Input in flex scanner failed" means that yyin is unreadable.  Among the
> more typical reasons is that you opened yyin to a FILE* that is unreadable
> (like a directory, on some systems, or a broken symlink).
>