Re: [ns] nam - windows NT

[Haobo Yu <haoboy@packetdesign.com>]

are you using prebuilt binaries?

Did you set HOME variable in your environment?

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Andreas Schorr wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to start nam on Windows NT, but it always failes with the error
> message below. I use NT 4.0, service pack 6. The error message
> occurs with ALL available versions of nam.
> 
> Other users posted the same question in the ns-mailing list - but there
> was no answer so far!
> 
> nam: nam_init "" : couldn't open "{e:/programme/gnu/wincvs
> 1.1}/.nam-port": no s
> uch file or directory
>     while executing
> "open $PORT_FILE_ w 0600"
>     (procedure "_o2" line 20)
>     (AnimControl start-server line 20)
>     invoked from within
> "$self start-server"
>     (procedure "_o2" line 3)
>     (AnimControl local-create-animator line 3)
>     invoked from within
> "$self local-create-animator $trace_file [join $args]"
>     (procedure "_o2" line 17)
>     (AnimControl init line 17)
>     invoked from within
> "_o2 init {} {}"
>     (Class create line 1)
>     invoked from within
> "AnimControl create _o2 {} {}"
>     invoked from within
> "catch "$className create $o $args" msg"
>     (procedure "new" line 3)
>     invoked from within
> "new AnimControl $trace_file $args"
>     (procedure "nam_init" line 2)
>     invoked from within
> "nam_init "" "
> 
> What can I do? I do not know where to get the file
> .nam-port (it is not included in any of the zip-archives
> in http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/binary/),
> and I'm especially confused by the fact,
> that nam searches this file in the directory
> "e:/programme/gnu/wincvs 1.1". I have absolutely no
> idea what this directory has to do with nam (I put
> the nam.exe into "e:/ns2/").
> 
> --
> Andreas Schorr
> 
> 
>