cannot open output file \\bin\Debug\Code:Blocks SFML Template.exe No such file or directory

[Bjord]

I recently installed code::blocks, and it appears to be working fine. It is able to run a "Hello, world!" program with no issues, but when I linked it with SFML (following the tutorial for setup with code::blocks on the SFML site) and ran the test code they provided (below), I got the following error:

||=== Build: Debug in Code::Blocks SFML Template (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler) ===|
ld.exe||cannot open output file \\bin\Debug\Code:Blocks SFML Template.exe No such file or directory|
||=== Build failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 54 second(s)) ===|

I am running this on Windows 7 and Code::Blocks 13.12 with MinGW

the build log gave the following error:

-------------- Build: Debug in Code::Blocks SFML Template (compiler: GNU GCC Compiler)---------------

mingw32-g++.exe -L..\SFML\SFML-2.2\lib -o "\\bin\Debug\Code:Blocks SFML Template.exe" obj\Debug\main.o ..\SFML\SFML-2.2\lib\libsfml-graphics.a ..\SFML\SFML-2.2\lib\libsfml-window.a ..\SFML\SFML-2.2\lib\libsfml-system.a -mwindows
c:/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.8.1/../../../../mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot open output file \\bin\Debug\Code:Blocks SFML Template.exe: No such file or directory
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Process terminated with status 1 (0 minute(s), 9 second(s))
1 error(s), 0 warning(s) (0 minute(s), 9 second(s))

and finally, the example code from the SFML website.

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>

int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(200, 200), "SFML works!");
    sf::CircleShape shape(100.f);
    shape.setFillColor(sf::Color::Green);

    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();
        }

        window.clear();
        window.draw(shape);
        window.display();
    }

    return 0;
}

[LB]

Do you have antivirus software which is deleting the executable as soon as it is created?

[Bjord]

No, I tested that and it's not the issue, unfortunately.

[LB]

Ah, I see now - your output filename contains an illegal character. You cannot use the colon character.

[Bjord]

Thanks for catching that! That fixed it.