Hmmm, when I run it by hand, I get this: PYTHONPATH=x:\pylucene\trunk\build\test /c/Python26/python.exe -m jcc.__main__ --shared --compiler mingw32 --find-jvm-dll --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/lucene-core-3.0.1.jar --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/contrib/snowball/lucene-snowball-3.0.1.jar --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/contrib/analyzers/common/lucene-analyzers-3.0.1.jar --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/contrib/regex/lucene-regex-3.0.1.jar --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/contrib/memory/lucene-memory-3.0.1.jar --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/contrib/highlighter/lucene-highlighter-3.0.1.jar --jar lucene-java-3.0.1/build/contrib/queries/lucene-queries-3.0.1.jar --jar build/jar/extensions.jar --package java.lang java.lang.System java.lang.Runtime --package java.util java.util.Arrays java.text.SimpleDateFormat java.text.DecimalFormat java.text.Collator --package java.io java.io.StringReader java.io.InputStreamReader java.io.FileInputStream --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.Token --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.TokenMg rError --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.QueryParserTokenManager --exclude org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException --exclude org.apache.lucene.search.regex.JakartaRegexpCapabilities --exclude org.apache.regexp.RegexpTunnel --python lucene --mapping org.apache.lucene.document.Document 'get:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;' --mapping java.util.Properties 'getProperty:(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;' --rename org.apache.lucene.search.highlight.SpanScorer=HighlighterSpanScorer --version 3.0.1 --module python/collections.py --files 3 --install --install-dir x:\pylucene\trunk\build\test {'ext_modules': [<setuptools.extension.Extension instance at 0x00CA6F30>], 'name': 'lucene', 'package_data': {'lucene': ['lucene-core-3.0.1.jar', 'lucene-snowball-3.0.1.jar', 'lucene-analyzers-3.0.1.jar', 'lucene-regex-3.0.1.jar', 'lucene-memory-3.0.1.jar', 'lucene-highlighter-3.0.1.jar', 'lucene-queries-3.0.1.jar', 'extensions.jar']}, 'version': '3.0.1', 'zip_safe': False, 'script_args': ['build_ext', '--compiler=mingw32', '--define=PYTHON,_jcc_shared', 'install', '--install-lib=x:pylucenetrunkbuildtest'], 'packages': ['lucene'], 'package_dir': {'lucene': 'build\\lucene'}} running build_ext running install error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the installation directory: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'x:pylucenetrunkbuildtest\\test-easy-install-2160.write-test' The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was: x:pylucenetrunkbuildtest\ This directory does not currently exist. Please create it and try again, or choose a different installation directory (using the -d or --install-dir option). make: *** [install-test] Error 1 wjans...@marlowe-vm /x/pylucene/trunk $ I think this means that the "install_dir" arg is being evaled as a string somewhere in the JCC code, so that non-doubled backslashes are lost. Bill