Re: cannot compile file with name satb.ly from the command line

[David Kastrup]

David Wright <address@hidden> writes:

> On Sun 25 Dec 2016 at 10:51:15 (+1100), Andrew Bernard wrote:
>> Same problem on Linux. I would class this as a defect - I would not expect
>> to be restricted in music filenames due to clashes with internal files. No
>> wonder it is not documented.
>
> This bug has either been introduced in 2.19, or it exists in lilyponds
> downloaded/installed from lilypond.org but not in the distribution's
> own version. Perhaps someone who runs 2.18.2 downloaded from the web
> can ascertain which.
>
> Debian jessie version:
>
> $ lilypond satb.ly 
> GNU LilyPond 2.18.2
> Processing `satb.ly'
> Parsing...
> satb.ly:1:10: error: invalid character: `“'
> \version 
>          “2.19.46”
> satb.ly:1:10: error: syntax error, unexpected $undefined
> \version 
>          “2.19.46”
> satb.ly:1:11: error: quoted string expected after \version
> \version “
>           2.19.46”
> satb.ly:1: warning: no \version statement found, please add
>
> \version "2.18.2"

Perhaps try using the correct quotation characters around the version
number.

-- 
David Kastrup