Starting POIDE with /XML filename.xml

[drhoule]

I have a batch file with the command lines

set path=%~dp0bin;%PATH%
"%~dp0bin\POIDE.EXE"  /XML "%~dp0Pellesc.Xml"

I am trying to run the POIDE 6.00.4 (32 bit) with the /XML switch from a USB stick.

The error displayed reads
  Error reading from "Pellesc.xml"
  The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I tried with new and old installs still no go.

The XML file contains the data below and is UTF-8 encoded.
===============================
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings version="1.0">
</settings>
===============================

Any help would be nice.

[TimoVJL]

Why not just in PellesC folder

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start bin\poide.exe /xml PellesC.xml

[drhoule]

a) start POIDE.EXE  /XML Pellesc.Xml
    Then the error reads cannot find the XML file.

b) start POIDE.EXE  /XML c:\pellesc\bin\Pellesc.Xml
    Then the error reads cannot find the XML file.

[drhoule]

POIDE.EXE  -xml c:\pellesc\bin\pellesc.XML

This worked. The switch character is '-' not /.

[TimoVJL]

From help:

Command line options (POIDE)
 
POIDE has the following general syntax:

POIDE [ { filename | option } ... ]

The filename argument specifies the name of any kind of file. Wildcards are not allowed.

An option starts with the / (or -) character, must be given exactly as specified (case sensitive), and can be one of the following:

...

/xml Stores all personal settings in the specified XML-file. [5.00]

[AlexN]

POIDE.EXE  -xml c:\pellesc\bin\pellesc.XML

This worked. The switch character is '-' not /.

I use a command like this M:\Portable\PellesC.x\Bin\poide.exe /xml my.xml /x /n for Pelles C 5.01, 6.0 and 6.50rc2 and it works for all. I use Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.