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Missing input file with protoc in protocol buffer

I currently have a file called addressbook.proto in next to my protoc.exe. I am having difficulty generating the .h and the .cc file. Here is what I am doing

protoc --cpp_out=c:\addressbook.proto

However I get the following response

Missing input file.

Any suggestions on what I might be doing wrong ?

Solution

  • The -cpp_out tag specifies the output directory for generated c source code.

    I would suggest trying (if proto is actually stored under the c: directory c:\addressbook.proto)

    protoc c:\addressbook.proto --cpp_out=./

    or 

    protoc addressbook.proto --cpp_out=./