Unable to include file in NASM

Question

I am trying to include the file in the boot.asm file with

%include "input.asm" 

But every time I try to compile it, I get a message stating that nasm cannot open the include file.
input.inc In the same directory as boot.asm I searched here and on Google for answers, but no one helped me.

Is there a special way to include files that need to be compiled / formatted before inclusion? Or is it just my varnish on me?

EDIT: here the code includes:

 mov ax, 0x07C0 ; set up segments mov ds, ax mov es, ax mov si, welcome call print_string mov si, welcome2 call print_string mov si, welcome4 call print_string jmp .mainloop %include 'input.asm' mainloop: ;loop here 

input.asm:

  ; ================ ; calls start here ; ================ print_string: lodsb ; grab a byte from SI or al, al ; logical or AL by itself jz .done ; if the result is zero, get out mov ah, 0x0E int 0x10 ; otherwise, print out the character! jmp print_string .done: ret get_string: xor cl, cl .loop: mov ah, 0 int 0x16 ; wait for keypress cmp al, 0x08 ; backspace pressed? je .backspace ; yes, handle it cmp al, 0x0D ; enter pressed? je .done ; yes, we're done cmp cl, 0x3F ; 63 chars inputted? je .loop ; yes, only let in backspace and enter mov ah, 0x0E int 0x10 ; print out character stosb ; put character in buffer inc cl jmp .loop .backspace: cmp cl, 0 ; beginning of string? je .loop ; yes, ignore the key dec di mov byte [di], 0 ; delete character dec cl ; decrement counter as well mov ah, 0x0E mov al, 0x08 int 10h ; backspace on the screen mov al, ' ' int 10h ; blank character out mov al, 0x08 int 10h ; backspace again jmp .loop ; go to the main loop .done: mov al, 0 ; null terminator stosb mov ah, 0x0E mov al, 0x0D int 0x10 mov al, 0x0A int 0x10 ; newline ret strcmp: .loop: mov al, [si] ; grab a byte from SI mov bl, [di] ; grab a byte from DI cmp al, bl ; are they equal? jne .notequal ; nope, we're done. cmp al, 0 ; are both bytes (they were equal before) null? je .done ; yes, we're done. inc di ; increment DI inc si ; increment SI jmp .loop ; loop! .notequal: clc ; not equal, clear the carry flag ret .done: stc ; equal, set the carry flag call print_string ret 

Msg error:

D: \ ASMT \ boot.asm: 14: fatal: unable to open include `input.asm 'file

Answer 1

NASM seems to include files from the current directory:

Search for files in the current directory (the directory you are in when you start NASM ), as opposed to the location of the NASM executable file or the location of the source file), plus any directories specified on the NASM command line using the -i option.

If you are running NASM from another directory, which is D:\ASMT in your case, it is normal that it does not work.

Source: http://www.nasm.us/doc/nasmdoc4.html#section-4.6.1