U1000

syntax error : ')' missing in macro invocation
Explanation: A left parenthesis appeared without a matching right parenthesis in a macro invocation. The correct form is $(name).
Action: Add the right parenthesis in the proper syntax.

syntax error : illegal character 'character' in macro
Explanation: A non-alphanumeric character other than underscore appeared in a macro.
Action: Use only characters valid for a macro name.

syntax error : bad macro invocation '$'
Explanation: A single dollar sign ($) appeared without a macro name associated with it. The correct form is $(name).
Action: Use a defined macro name.

syntax error : '=' missing in macro
Explanation: The = sign was missing in a macro definition. The correct form is 'name = value'.
Action: Insert an equals sign (=) and retry.

syntax error : macro name missing
Explanation: A macro invocation appeared without a name. The correct form is $(name).
Action: Supply the macro name and retry.

syntax error : text must follow ':' in macro
Explanation: A string substitution was specified for a macro, but the string to be changed in the macro was not specified.
Action: Specify the string to be substituted.

syntax error : missing closing double quotation mark
Explanation: An opening double quotation mark appeared without a closing quotation mark.
Action: Edit the line and add the closing quotation mark.

double quotation mark not allowed in name
Explanation: You used a ' " ' symbol inside a macro name.
Action: Correct the name without the quotation mark.

unknown directive 'directive'
Explanation: The directive specified is not a recognized directive.
Action: Check your spelling of the intended directive.

directive and/or expression part missing
Explanation: The directive is incompletely specified. The expression part is required.
Action: Supply the expression and retry the directive.

too many nested if blocks
Explanation: You exceeded the limit of 16 levels of nested !IF directives.
Action: Simplify your nesting logic to fewer than 16 levels.

EOF found before next directive
Explanation: A directive, such as !ENDIF, was missing.
Action: Insert the required directive and retry.

syntax error : else unexpected
Explanation: An !ELSE directive was found that was not expected, or was placed in a syntactically incorrect place.
Action: Correct the position of the !ELSE directive.

missing terminating character for string/program invocation : 'character'
Explanation: The closing double quotation mark in a string comparison in an !IF directive was missing. Or else the closing bracket ( ] ) in a program invocation in a directive is missing.
Action: Insert the proper termination character.

syntax error present in expression
Explanation: An expression is incorrect.
Action: Check the allowed operators and operator precedence for the expression.

illegal argument to !CMDSWITCHES
Explanation: An unrecognized !CMDSWITCHES option was specified.
Action: Use the correct !CMDSWITCHES option.

file name missing (or macro is null)
Explanation: An !INCLUDE directive was found, but the name of the file to include is missing.
Action: Supply the name of the file to be included.

syntax error : 'string' unexpected
Explanation: The specified string is not part of the valid syntax for a makefile.
Action: Correct the line according to the proper syntax.

syntax error : separator missing
Explanation: The colon that separates targets from dependents is missing.
Action: Insert a colon after the target list.

syntax error : expected ':' or '=' separator
Explanation: Either a colon, implying a dependency line, or an = sign, implying a macro definition, was expected. This message will be displayed if NMAKE encounters a premature end-of-file character while expecting one of these separators.
Action: Insert the proper separator in the line.

syntax error : too many names to left of '='
Explanation: Only one string is allowed to the left of a macro definition.
Action: Remove the incorrect text before the = sign.

syntax error : target name missing
Explanation: A colon (:) was found before a target name was found. At least one target is required.
Action: Insert the correct target name before the colon.

internal error : lexer
Explanation: The lexer encountered an unexpected condition.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

internal error : parser
Explanation: The parser encountered an unexpected condition.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

internal error : macro expansion
Explanation: An unexpected condition was found during macro expansion.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

internal error : target building
Explanation: An unexpected condition was found during target building.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

internal error : expression stack overflow
Explanation: An expression was too complex to decode using internal memory space.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

internal error : temp file limit exceeded
Explanation: NMAKE required too many temporary files.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

internal error : too many levels of recursion building a target
Explanation: Recursive invocations of NMAKE exceeded available memory.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

messagetext
Explanation: NMAKE encountered an unexpected condition.
Action: Note the text of the message and contact IBM Support.

internal error : out of search handles
Explanation: NMAKE exceeded an internal limit on handles.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

macro too long (max allowed size : 64K)
Explanation: One of your macros expanded to longer than 65 535 bytes.
Action: Recode the macro definition so that it is less than 64K.

user-specified text
Explanation: The message specified with the !ERROR directive is displayed.
Action: Action depends on the defined error condition.

out of memory
Explanation: NMAKE ran out of space in the far heap.
Action: Note the circumstances of the failure and contact IBM Support.

file 'filename' not found
Explanation: The file was not found.
Action: Specify the filename properly in the makefile.

file 'filename' unreadable
Explanation: The filename cannot be read.
Action: Be sure that the file has the appropriate attributes to be read.

cannot create in-line file 'filename'
Explanation: The program was unable to generate the specified in-line file as a uniquely-named temporary file.
Action: Be sure your file system has enough space for temporary files.

out of environment space
Explanation: The environment space limit was reached.
Action: Restart NMAKE with a larger environment space.

cannot find command processor
Explanation: The command processor CMD.EXE could not be found.
Action: Be sure that the COMSPEC environment variable points to a command processor on your file system.

cannot delete temporary file 'filename'
Explanation: The program was unable to delete the specified file.
Action: The file needs to exist and have the write attribute.

terminated by user
Explanation: You pressed Ctrl+Break to stop NMAKE.
Action: None, the program has stopped.

unable to close file : 'filename'
Explanation: NMAKE was unable to close filename.
Action: Look for the named file with write attribute on your file system.

/F option requires a file name
Explanation: You coded command-line option /f but failed to follow it with the name of a description file.
Action: Specify the description file name after the option.

missing file name with /X option
Explanation: You coded command-line option /x but failed to follow it with the name of a file to receive redirected stderr output.
Action: Give an output error file name after the option.

missing macro name before '='
Explanation: You coded '=' in a command line macro definition, but failed to supply the name of the macro.
Action: Give the macro name in the definition.

MAKEFILE not found and no target specified
Explanation: You invoked NMAKE without a /f option, and no file named MAKEFILE was present.
Action: Either create a file named MAKEFILE, or use the /f switch.

incorrect option 'option'
Explanation: NMAKE does not use the option which you specified.
Action: Use a valid command line option.

cycle in macro definition 'macroname'
Explanation: A cycle was detected in the macro definition specified.
Action: Rewrite the macro to avoid the circular definition.

cycle in dependency tree for target 'targetname'
Explanation: A cycle was detected in the target dependency tree.
Action: Check the dependency lists descending from the given target and remove the circular dependency.

cycle in include files : 'filenames'
Explanation: A cycle was detected in the tree of included files.
Action: Check the file names included by the given include file and remove the circular inclusion.

don't know how to make 'filename'
Explanation: The specified target does not exist and there are no commands to execute or inference rules given for it. Hence NMAKE cannot build it.
Action: Correct the specification of the file, which should exist on your file system.

name too long
Explanation: The macro name, target name, or build command name would overflow an internal buffer.
Action: Reduce the length of the specified name.

'program' : return code 'value'
Explanation: The invocation of NMAKE failed with a nonzero return value.
Action: Determine the cause of failure of the specified program.

constant overflow at 'directive'
Explanation: A constant in 'directive' expression was too big.
Action: Reduce the size of the specified constant to a value within the range of a signed long integer, -2147483648 <= value <= 2147483647.

illegal expression : divide by zero present
Explanation: An expression contains a division by zero.
Action: Remove the undefined division by zero from the expression.

operator and/or operand out of place : usage illegal
Explanation: The expression uses an operand or operator incorrectly.
Action: Check the allowed set of operators and their precedence.

'program' : program not found
Explanation: NMAKE could not find the external command or program.
Action: Be sure that the program is located in the PATH.

'command' : cannot execute command: out of memory
Explanation: NMAKE ran out of memory while running command.
Action: Make more memory available while running NMAKE.

target macro 'macroname' expands to nothing
Explanation: The expansion of the given macro is a null string.
Action: Correct the definition of the macro.

cannot create temporary file 'filename'
Explanation: NMAKE was unable to open the specified temporary file.
Action: Check the filename specification for validity.

cannot mix implicit and explicit rules
Explanation: A regular target was specified along with the target for a rule (which has the form .sufx1.sufx2).
Action: Separate targets built by implicit and explicit inference rules into different lists.

inference rule cannot have dependents
Explanation: Dependents are not allowed in the definition of an inference rule.
Action: Remove the dependents list from the rule.

cannot have : and :: dependents for same target
Explanation: A target cannot have both a single-colon and double-colon dependency.
Action: Choose either single-colon or double-colon separator for the target.

invalid separator on inference rule : '::'
Explanation: Inference rules can use only a single-colon separator.
Action: Use a single-colon dependency for the target.

cannot have build commands for pseudotarget 'targetname'
Explanation: Pseudotargets (for example, .PRECIOUS, .SUFFIXES) cannot have build commands specified.
Action: Remove the build commands from the specification of targetname.

cannot have dependents for pseudotarget 'targetname'
Explanation: The specified pseudotarget, for example, .SILENT, .IGNORE) cannot have a dependent.
Action: Remove the dependent from the specification of targetname.

too many names in rule
Explanation: The rules cannot have more than one pair of extensions (ext1.ext2) as a target for the rule.
Action: Use only one pair of extensions in any inference rule.

cannot mix special pseudotargets
Explanation: It is illegal to list two or more pseudotargets together.
Action: Use only one pseudotarget in any list.

syntax error : only [no]keep allowed here
Explanation: In a context where only KEEP or NOKEEP is accepted to indicate the desired disposition of the inline file, you used an incorrect string.
Action: Use the correct syntax for In-Line Files.

expanded command line 'string' too long
Explanation: After macro expansion, the command line length exceeds 1024 bytes.
Action: Rewrite the command line to stay within a 1024-byte limit.

extmake syntax usage error, no dependent
Explanation: You used the extmake file syntax on a description block which had no dependent files.
Action: Specify one or more dependent files for the block.

extmake syntax in 'string' incorrect
Explanation: The given string contains an extmake syntax error.
Action: Correct the string according to the proper syntax.